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History and Complete Roster

of the

Massachusetts Regiments

MINUTE MEN OF ^61

who responded to the First Call of President
Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1 861 , to defend
the Flag and Constitution of the United States

TOGETHER WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF MINUTE MEN OF MASSACHUSETTS

By GEORGE W. NASON

BOSTON , MASSACHUSKTTS :

SMITH & McCANCE 38 BROMFIELD vSTREET

1910

Copyri^iht 1904 by Georsre W. Xason

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PREFACE

To the fact that Massachusetts had
for years maintained a military force
known as Volunteer Militia, the mem-
bers of which were somewhat accus-
tomed to the use of arms, and inured in
some degree to the discomforts of the
tented field, may be accredited the sal-
vation of the nation in the early spring
of the year 1861. There can be no
question that the appearance of the
Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
in Washington, and the arrival of the
Third and Fourth Massachusetts Vol-
unteer Infantry at Fortress Monroe,
saved those important points from at-
tempted capture by the disloyal men
whose creed was slavery and States'
rights before freedom and Union. The
prompt arrival of the Eighth Massachu-
setts Volunteer Infantry preserved the
Naval Academy and the frigate Consti-
tution at Annapolis, Md., and opened
the way to the succor of the nation's
capitol. obstructed in other directions.
The gallant conduct of the Fifth Massa-
chusetts Volunteer Infantry at Bull
Run further demonstrated that the
slight military training of that day was,
in some strong degree, a factor in the
Union's defence.

It is the province of the following
pages to tell, as best they may, the
story of that time and supplem.ent the
history of the nation, and give due
credit to Ihe deeds of those "Minute
Men of '61." who so promptly responded
to their Commander's Special Order,
No. 14, of April 1-5, 1861.

It is well to note here that while our
pages treat only of three months of
the doines of these men, yet the greater
part of them continued their service of
patriotism to the end of the rebellion,
and that the names cf some of them a])-
pear on the rolls of most of the battles
of the Civil War.

We give here such data as we have
been able to gather f:om the files and
authoiities of that time and such mem-
oranda of their whole service which
they or their comrades have been able
to furnish at this late day.

The men of the Massachusetts Vol-
unteer Militia, called out by order of
the Governor in April, 1861, numbered
approximately 3,800. The first order
was issued April 15, and the last of the

seven organizations hid left the State
before April 21, and remained in ser-
vice until Augast 1. We give herewith
a condensed summary of their service
which may serve as a guide to the
reader in a more careful perusal of its
pages.

The Third Regiment, which was com-
posed of six companies in Barnstable
and Plymouth counties, and to which
was added one company from Cam-
b*. id^e in Middlesex county, reported in
Boston, April 16, 18G1. At 11.30 a.m.
the 18th, they sailed on the steamer
S. R. Spaulding, under sealed orders,
which, upon being opened, indicated
their destination as Fortress Monroe,
Va. Col. D. W. Wardrop was in com-
mand, and the regiment mustered about
five hundred ofRc:rs and men. They
arrived at Fort Monroe at 11 a.m.. on
the 20th, and at 4 p.m., sailed on U.
S. Gunboat Pawnee for Norfolk, arriv-
ing at 9 p.m. Finding It impossible to
save any vessels or property at the
navy yard all hands at once engaged in
destroying everything possible that
could serve the rebels, and tired and
hungry arrived back at the foit at 6
a.m., on the 21st, and we.e added to
the garrison there. The regiment con-
tinued as garrison of the fort, and In
scouting and cutpost duty at and be-
yond Hampton, until July 16th, when It
started for home, ariiving in Boston
July 23d. Of the five hundred who re-
turned one hundred and sixty had re-
el; listed before the close of the year.

The Fourth Regiment consisted of five
Cf m])aries from Norfolk and twa each
from Plymouth and Bristol counties.
They reported at Faneuil Hall on the
16th, under Col. A. B. Packard, with
over 500 ofTicers and men. They left
Boston late in the afternoon of the ITtli,
and at 10 p.m. were on board the steam-
er State of Maine at Fall River. They
arrived at New York at 5 p.m. on the
ISth, leavirg there at 4 a.m. on the 19ih,
ariiving at Fortress Monroe early on
the 20th, remaining there until the 27th,
when they moved with other regiments
to Newport News, where an intrenched
camp w.as made. Five comoanies took
part in the affair at Big Bethel on the
9th of June. Later it was encamped at
Hampton until it left for Massachusetts,

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July loth, where it was mustered out on
the 22nd. About 200 of its members had
re-er.listed before Jan. 1, 1862.

The Fifth Regiment consisted of five
companies, to which were added one
comijany from the First and four from
the Seventh Regiments of Volimteer
Militia. In obedience to ordeis it as-
seiiibleJ in Boston en the 19th and 20tli
of April, 1861. Six companies were from
Middlesex, three from Essex and one
from Suffolk counties. Something over
800 officers and men had assembled by
the morning of the 21st. It marched to
the Boston & "Worcester Railroad Sta-
tion, and in company with the First
Light Battery, left at 7 a.m. for the
South, arriving in New York at 8 p.m.
Late en the evening of the 21st, in com-
pany with the Battery and the Third
Battalion of Rifles, Massachusetts Vol-
unteer Militia, the Regiment embarked
r>n 'the steamers Ariel and De Soto, and
at 3 a.m., en the -22nd, started for Fort
Monroe, arriving safely at noon on the
23d. proceedins; the same night to An-
napolis, Md. They disembaiked late on
the 24th, and on the 2.5th four compa-
nies took the train for Washington, ar-
riving at noon on the 26th. The re-
maining six companies marched twenty
miles to the Junction, where they took
cars, arriving in Washington at 8 a.m.,
the 27th. The Regiment was quartered
in the U, S. Treasury Building, remain-
ing there until the night of May 2.5th,
when it marched across the Potomac
and encamned at Alexandria. From
this date until July 16 the Regiment was
engaged in building forts and scouting.
July 16. attached to Franklin's Brigade,
it took the head of the division column
towards Centreville; 17th and 18th ad-
vance continued; 19th and 20th in
camp; 21st at 2 a.m. started towards
Pull Run and at 11 a.m. advanced to
the front under fire of the rebel bat-
teries and remained on the battle line
until orders to fall back, Avhen, after
collecting the somewhat scattered com-
panies, Major Boyd in command (Col-
onel Lawrence being wounded),
marched the Regiment back to Centre-
ville, and later in the night to Alexan-
dria. On the 22nd the Regiment re-
turned to Washington, remaining there
until the 2Sth, when they left for Bos-
ton, ar'iving there on the 30th. and were
mustered out of service. Before Jan. 1,
1862. 255 of the men of the Fifth had
re-enlisted.

The Sixth Regiment consisted of
peven companies from Middlesex and
one from Essex counties. To these were

added, by orders from Adjutant-Gen-
eral's office, one company from the Sev-
enth Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
(Essex); one company from the First
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia (Suf-
folk), and one company from the Third
Battalion of Rifles (Worcester). They
left Lowell at 9 a.m. the 16th, and Bos-
ton at 7 p.m., the 17th, arriving at New
York early on the morning of the 18th.
They crossed to Jersey City at 12 m.,
and left there by train, reaching Phila-
delphia at 7 p.m. ■ Leaving there at 1
a.m. on the 19th, reached Baltimore at
noon. Seven companies were drawn
through the city in the cars. The other
four companies were obliged to disem-
bark, owing to the barricading of the
track by a mob, and were marched to-
ward the Washington Station. They
were assailed with stones and other mis-
siles and finally pistol shots. Then the
Older to fire was given and a passage
was thus secured to the waiting train,
although 130 men, including the band,
were unaccounted for. The band, being
left without arms or guard of any kind,
were obliged to shift for themselves,
and only by leaving instruments, etc ,
and seeking shelter of a friendly woman
were they able to escape the mob. On
the 20th they returned to Philadelphha
and thence to Lowell. The loss to the
Regiment was four killed and eighteen
wounded. The Regiment arrived in
W^ashington at 5 p.m. on the 19th and
were quartered in the Senate Chamber,
and were on guard and other duty until
May 5, w'hen they left, under orders, for
the Relay House. They left there May
13 for Baltimore, arriving in the even-
ing during a severe thundeistorm, tak-
ing possession of Federal Hill. May 11
and 15 w'ere spent in taking possession
with other troops of Baltimore. On the
16th they returned to the Relay House,
where they remained until June 13,
when they again were in Baltimore to
help maintain order at the polls, but
returned on the 14th. June 26 to July
2 were again in Baltimore temporarily.
July 29 broke camp at Relay House
and left for home, arriving in Boston
at 5 p.m., August 1. They were mus-
tered out on Boston Common, August
2. and then proceeded to Lowell, where
after a reception by the citizens the
men left for their homes. Before Jan.
1. 1862, 171 of the men had re-enlisted.
The Eighth Regiment was, when it
entered the service, made up of nine
companies from Essex and one from
Berkshire counties, thus joining the
mountains with the sea coast. To the

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eight companies of the regiment were
added Company A of the Seventh
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, and
Company A of the First Battalion of
Massachusetts Volunteer MiliSia. It
left Boston in the afternoon of Apnl 18,
1861, by the Boston & Worcester R. R.
Brigadier-General Benjamin F. Butler,
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, ac-
companied them. It arrived in New
York at 6 a.m., the 19th. Leaving
there about noon, arrived in Philadel-
phia at 6 p.m., where the news of the
attack on the Sixth Massachusetts at
Baltimore reached them. At noon on
the 20th, they took cars for Baltimore.
On arriving within half a mile of Perry-
ville, Md., on the Susquehanna river,
the train was stopped, the regiment
was disembarked, and Companies J and
K were sent forward as skirmishers fol-
lowed by the rest of the regiment.
Within a few moments the ferry boat
Maryland was in their possesson with-
out firing a shot. The entire regiment
was soon on board, steaming down
Chesapeake Bay, and reached Annapo-
lis early Sunday, April 21st. The frig-
ate Constitution was found here with
but a small crew, and the commander
was ready to blow her up in case of
attack. Companies J and K were sent
on board and preparations made to get
her away; but in so doing, both the
Maryland and Constitution got aground,
remaining so until Tuesday morning,
when the steamer Boston towed the
Constitution off, and the rest of the
Eighth were taken to the wharf in
boats. Company J remaining on board
and Company K taking a tug for Fort
McHenry, and taking possession of the
U. S. Steamer Alleghany, which they
found deserted on the way. Possession
of the Naval Academy and the railroad
to the Junction and Washington was
next in order, and on the 24th inst., the
Eighth Massachusetts and the Seventh
New York started rei)airing the rail-
road as they proceeded towards the
Junction, arriving there on the morning
of the 2.5th, and at night a train with
the Seventh New York passed on to
Washington. On the 26th the Eighth
took the train and reached Washington
at 1 p.m., several regiments following
by the route thus opened. The regi-
ment was mustered April 30, and a few
days later Colonel Munroe, on account
of advanced age, resigned. The regi-
ment remained in Washington until
May 12, when it reached the Relay
House at noon. Company J. having as-
sisted in navigating the Constitution to

New York, had returned via Fort Mon-
roe and the Potomac river, some days
before, and Company K returned from
Fort McHenry on the 16th of May, and
the regiment was all together again.
An election being held. E. W. H:nks
was chosen Colonel, Andrew Elwell,
Lieutenant Colonel, arid Benjamin Per-
ley Poore, Major. The regiment re-
mained at the Relay House until June
27th, when the light wing went to Bal-
timore, where the left wing joined them
on July 2d. From this time there were
reviews and side trii)s, etc., until July
29th, when the regiment started for
home, arriving in New York the 31st,
where, after partaking of the hospital-
ity of the Seventh New York, they left
for home, and August 1st found them
once again on Boston Common, where
they were mustered out and left for
their several homes. Three hundred
and thirty-six of the regiment had re-
enlisted before January 1, 1S62.

The Third Battalion of Rifles. Massa-
chusetts Volunteer Militia, was com-
posed of four companies from Worces-
ter county, but one company was at-
tached to the Sixth Massachusetts, in
April, 1861, and a company newly
formed in Suffolk county took its place.
It rendezvoused at Worcester under or-
ders, April 20, 1861, and lest at 9 p.m.,
reaching New York at 8 a.m. on the
21st. Embarked at 8 p.m. on the
steamer Ariel. Arrived at Fort Monroe
at 4 p.m. the 23d, thence to Annapolis,
where it arrived the 24th, and disem-
barking at 1 p.m.. May 2d, they boarded
the "Maryland," and arrived at Fort
McHenry at 6 A.M., May 3d. The bat-
talion remained at Fort McHenry with
occasional trips by detachments up and
down Chesapeake Bay until July 30th,
when it started for Massachusetts. Ar-
rived at Worcester at 9 a.m., August
2d. and were mustered out August 3d.
Of the 322 men of the Battalion, 97 had
re-enlisted before January 1. 1862.

The Boston Light Artillery, Massa-
chusetts Volunteer Militia (Cook's Bat-
tery), assembled in Boston. April 20th,
and with guns and horses left by rail-
road early April 21st, arriving in New
Yoik at dark, and embarked on the
steamer De Soto, arriving at Fort Mon-
roe at noon oh the 23d, and at Annapo-
lis on the morning of the 24th. May 4th
they moved to the Relay House. June
13th moved to Baltimore, and remained
there until July 30th, when they left foi
Boston. Of the 117 men 44 had re-en-
listed before Januarv 1. 1862.

PrKFaCK

A few words about the work of prepar-
ing this book may not be inappropriate
here. In 1899 George W. Nason, then
President of the Association of "Minute
Men of '61, gathered in a few photographs
of comrades, had half-tone photo-electros
made, and presented them in book form at
the Annual Banquet in 1000. The com-
rades were so well pleased that an effort
was made to have a more complete volume
prepared, he was asked to take charge of
publication, and a committee of seven, one
from each organization, was appointed to
solicit photographs and historical matter.
The work of the committee dragged along
very slowly and vacancies were not filled.
In 1904 Major A. S. Cushman was elected
President of the Association, and as one of
the committee was thereafter engaged in
the preparaction of the, book. After his
death Januar\- 29, 1907, his manuscript
could not be found, hence the material
was not available for publication.

J3uring the ten years since the work was
commenced the following comrailes,
menil)ers of the committee, have died:
(jen. David W. Wardrop, Gen. Samuel
E. Chamberlain, Maj. Austin S. Cushman
and Samuel C. Wright of the Third
Regiment ; Col. .^liuer Packard of the

P'ourth Regiment ; L/ieut. Col. Edwin C.
Bennett, Lieut. Elisha N. Pierce, and
Samuel H. Turner of the Fifth Regiment ;
Lieut. Col. Benj. F. Watson of the Sixth
Regiment ; Gen. Charles A. R. Dimon of
the Eighth Regiment; Gen. A. B. R.
Sprague of the Third Battalian ; George
H. Cavanagh of the First Battery.

In 1908 only Geo. W. Nason, then in the
hospital with broken ribs, was alone left to
complete the work. Some advised to stop
but he felt that it was a labor of love for
his comrades, and later recovering, with
the assistance of comrades Maj. John S.
Dean, ' 'Citizen" Thomas of Brocton, Capt.
Charles C. Doten, Alonzo M. Shaw, Lieut.
James L. Sherman, Lieut. William T.
Eustis, Capa. James H. Griggs, John E.
Bickford, James Henry Nason, Maj. John
H. Norton, and several others who have
furnished items of interest, is now enaljled
to present this finished volume, trusting
that every good comrade will appreciate
his efforts, and that while it may not be
perfect, yet in some measure, it will serve
its purpose to commemorate the prompt
response and faithful service of those who,
leaving occupation and home, were first in
the battle-front for the preservation of
their country and its flag.

CtEorge w. nason,

36 Brom field Street, Boston, and Franklin, Mass.

CONTENTS

I'reface 3

Minute Men of '61 423

Cjeneral and Staff Officers 423

Third Regiment, M.V.M 9

Third Regiment M.V.M. , Roster 15

Fourth Regiment, M.V.M 69

Fourth Regiment M.V.M. , Ro.ster 74

Fifth Regiment, M.V.M 123

Fifth Regiment M.V.M., Roster 130

National Cemeteries, List of 153

Sixth Regiment, M.V.M 189

Regimental vSong 200

Sixth Regiment M.V.M., Roster 201

Eighth Regiment M.V.M 231

Eighth Reoiment M.V.M., Roster 237

Company J. Eighth Regiment 246

Veteran's Memor}- Land 269

Third Battalion of Rifles 275

Third Battalion of Rifles, Roster 277

Boston Light Artillery 287

Boston Light Artillery, Roster 289

The Vanguard of Volunteers 331

Old Glory, Lincoln Day 334

The Bo\- who carried the Gun 335

Massachusetts Minute ]\Ien, 1861 336

Our Navy in the Civil War 342

The ' 'Stars and Stripes' ' 359

The Civil War of 1861-65 402

Extract Lt. Col. Watson's, ' '6 ^Nlass '61 ' ' 403

Song of the camps fire 407

The Little Bronze Button 408

The Minute Men of 1861 409

F'acsiTiile of Resolution of 1900 414

Illustrations 418

Index 4 l5

THIRD REGIMENT, M.V.M.

15V CHARLES C. DOTKN

In obedience to " Creneral Order No. 4 "^
from ( rovernor Andrew, issued January 16,
1861, the several companies of the Regi-
ment had been to some extent prepared
for active service by clearing their rolls of
men unfit or unwilling" to respond to a call,
and enlistment of others in their places.
The attack on Fort vSumter on the twelfth
and thirteenth of April ; its surrender on
the fourteenth ; the requisition of President
Lincoln for the state troops on the fif-
teenth and the summons through ' ' vSpe-
cial Order No. 14 " from Governor Andrew
on the latter date for several regiments,
including" the Third, to rendezvous in Bos-
ton, April 16, was the bursting of the
storm of war, but notwithstanding" this
rapid sec|uence of startling" events the
militiamen of Massachusetts were found
readv "on the minute" as were their
ancestors of Revolutionary fame.

During" the early forenoon of Tuesday,
April 16, the companies of the Third all
reported in Boston and the Regiment was
quartered in the hall over the Old Colony
railroad station on South Street where in
the afternoon it was visited by Governor
Andrew who per.sonally ordered rations
and comforts for the men. On the seven-
teenth, muskets were exchanged for rifles
at the State House, overcoats and ecjuip-
ments were issued and at about six o'clock
the Regiment marched down State Street
to Central Wharf where it embarked on
the fast side-wheel steamer, " S. R.
Spaulding, ' ' having received an ovation the
-whole length of the march, a national
salute being also fired on the wharf. The
steamer dropped off into the stream and
anchored for the night. Thursday morn-
ing, the eighteenth, ammunition and stores
were taken on board and at ten o'clock the
ship left for her destination, which was

Fortress INIonroe, Va., the key of the mili-
tary situation in the Fnited States. The
" vSpaulding " was driven at her greatest
speed and made the passage in fort\"-six
hours, arriving ofT the fort at eight o'clock
on Saturday morning, April 20, and the
Third receiving a warm welcome from the
Fourth Regiment which, proceeding by wa^-
of New York and .steamer from that port
had arrived two hours earlier.

The Regiment disembarked at about
eleven o'clock and marched into the fort
where, no quarters having been provided,
the men dropped on the parade ground in
rear of their line of rifle stacks and most
of them were soon asleep. During the
afternoon the United States gi;nboat ' ' Paw-
nee," Commodore Paulding, came down
from Washington, her commander having
discretionar}- orders to hold or destroy the
navy yard at Norfolk as he might find
expedient. A])plying to Colonel Justin
Dimick, commander of the post, for
troops, the Third, four hundred and fiftj'
men, was ordered to report to Commodore
Paulding" and at four o'clock went on board
the " Pawnee " and at five the ship started
for Norfolk. At the mouth of the Klizabeth
River the reljels were erecting batteries
at Sewell's Point and Crane}- Island, and
on a line with these were obstructing the
channel by .sinking hulks of vessels filled
with stone, having already obtained pos-
session of Fort Norfolk, a United States
fortification some distance up the river.
Resistance to the passage of the ' ' Pawnee ' '
was expected at the.se places and the ship's
crew stood at their guns ready to return
fire, while the men of the Third, to whom
ammunition had been distributed, together
with a company of United States Marines,
were ordered to lie close along the decks.

From Fort Norfolk as the ship passed

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there was a hail 1)ut no hostile demonstra-
tion, but as she reached the navy yard at
al)ont nine o'clock the entire broadsides of
the United States ships ' ' Pennsylvania ' '
and " Cninberland " were trained on her,
the answer to the hail "What ship is
that?" not having been understood. It
was an instant of fearful suspense for a
voice was distinctl\- heard saying ' ' Shall I
fire, sir?" The answer was once more
given, "the Pawnee," which was caught
up and repeated from ship to ship and then
cheer after cheer rent the air as the men
realized that relief had come, but it was
by the very narrowest chance that the
' ' Pawnee ' ' had escaped being fired iipon as
an enemy. Many vessels including the
" Merrimac " Avhicli afterwards as a rebel
iron-clad had the historical fight March 9,
1862, with the "Monitor," a battle
which revolutionized from tliat date the
world's naval warfare, were lying at the
Norfolk yard and an immense amount of
material had also been accunutlated there
by traitorous cabinet officials of Buchanan's
administration with the intention of hav-
ing the whole, valued at nearl}- ten mil-
lions of dollars, fall into rebel hands with
the breaking out of the war. It was there-
fore of the utmost importance to prevent
as far as possible this realization, so when
Commodore Paulding, in view of the fact
that the river approach to the yard was
already commanded by the secessionists
and in a few hours would be effectually
obstructed In- sunken hulks as he had
noted on coming up, decided that with his
small force the position could not be held,
he gave orders for the destruction of ships,
buildings and material to the fullest pos-
sible extent. In this arduous work the
men of the Third were engaged with the
seamen and force of the vard until three
o'clock on Sunday morning, when the Reg-
iment again embarked on the ,, Pawnee,"
which, taking the sloop of war " Cuml)er-
land ' ' in tow with all the men of the \'artl on
board passed down the river, leaving behind
a sea of flames leaping from everything that
would burn . At eight o'clock the Regiment
re-entered the fort a very tired and hungry
set of men, having had nothing to eat for
nearlv twent\-four hours.

This passage to Norfolk between rebel
batteries on either side of the river was the
first penetration of the enemy's lines by
the troops of any state, and to the Third
Massachusetts Regiment must be given the
honor of being first troops, either voliin-
teer or national, to perform the duties of
active war service within the hostile
Ijorders of the Southern Confederacy.
The destruction of the Norfolk yard de-
prived the rebels of millions of dollars
worth of war material and a navy which
they had believed within their grasp, and
the set back which this loss occasioned to
tlie Confederacy was in a military sense
the counterpart of their failure to seize the
government at Washington, resulting in
both instances from the prompt move-
ment of the militia of Massachusetts.

The Regiment was mustered into the
service of the I'nited States, April 22,
1861, and became a part of the garrison of
Fortress Monroe from that date. On May
14, two companies, enlLsted for three ^-ears'
service, were attached to the Regiment,
Company I, Captain William D. Chamber-
lain, raised in Lynn, and Companj* M,
Captain Jonas K. Tyler, raised in Boston.
Two more companies of three years' men,
D, Captain Chas. Chipman, recruited in
Sandwich, and K, Captain Samuel H.
Doten, recruited in Plymouth, were
assigned to the Regiment, May 22.

As a part of the secession plan to have
the government fortifications in as defence-
less a condition as possible most of the
guns of the fortress were unmounted and
lying packed outside the walls. It conse-
quently liecame the laborious dut\- of the
Third and I'ourth Regiments, besides the
usual routiuf of guard and garrison, to-
gether with the unloading of vessels with
.stores, to drag these heavy pieces of
ordnance^ into the fort, up the ramparts,
and mount them oi-baibettc. This fatigu-
ing work continued daily until Jul\- 1,
when the Regiment was ordered to occupj'
the village of Hampton. It there took up
quarters in the deserted houses, often
having night scouting and harassing
duties to perform, as the enenn- Iving in
force nine miles away at Big Bethel, under
General Magruder, was frequently in con-

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tart \\\\.\\ tlu' riiion lines, tlu'ii extending
from Newport News tlirou,i;li Hampton to
Fortress Monroe, the l)atlle of Big Bethel,
the first of till.' war, having been fonght on
tlu- tenth of June. A ilemonstration was
made in strong force, with artillerv- and
ca\alry, ])y the rebels to\\anls Hampton
on tile night of July 4 and Colonel War-
drop, with nine companies of the Third and
seven companies of tlie Naval Brigade,
made a counter demonstration Ijy march-
ing out and taking position at the fork of
the roa<ls two miles from Hampton, re-
maining for several hours, until scouts
reportetl that the enemy had retired be-
yond Newmarket bridge.

On May 23, the first reconnoisance out-
side the Union lines was made by General
Butler, who detailed from the Third Regi-
ment ior the purpose a battalion of two
companies, B of Plymouth and M of
Boston, under connnand of Captain
Charles C. Doten. This force proceeded
with the (leneral by the Ijank of Back
River and across the country seven miles
towards Yorktown, returning at night
without having encountered the enemy,
but General Butler learned what he
desired, that no rebel troops were en-
trenched on that side of Fortress Monroe,
the posting of which as he had been in-
formed was the intention of Creneral
Magruder commanding the Confederates
at Great Bethel.

At a later date L,ieutenant Samuel F^.
Chamberlain with thirty-five men of
Company C scouted up to within five miles
of Yorktown, thence to lyee's Mills on
James River and across the peninsula to
Back River and returned safely after an
absence of five days, making a report of
the strength and position of the eneni}'^
which ten months afterwards was learned
to have been remarkably correct.

The first flag of truce in the w'ar was re-
ceived at an outpost of the Third Regiment
when, after the battle of Big Tetliel, Major
Carey of the rebel forces brought in the
watch of Major Theodore Winthrop, who
was killed in that fight. Major Winthrop,
when he rode out that morning wore the
sword of Colonel Wardrop, inscribed with
that officer's name. It was taken from

Major Winthrop's l)ody In- a North Carolina
officer and the report prevailed through tlie
South tliat Colonel Wardrop of the 'i'liird
Massachusetts had been killed in that
action. Some years after the war was over
the sword was returned to Colonel Wardrop.

On July 16 the Regiment returned to
F"'ortress Monroe and, with tlie exception
of the companies of three years' nu-n at-
tached, embarked for lionie on the steamer,
"Camliridge," which .sailed at five p.m.
and anchored off Ivong Wharf Boston early
in the morning of the nineteenth. Adjutant
General Schouler ordered the Regiment to
Ivong Island in Boston harbor where it went
into camp while necessary arrangements
for muster out were being made. It was
discharged from the service of the United
States, July 22, 1861, and landing at Com-
mercial wharf in the forenoon of the twenty-
third was received b}- the First Corps of
Cadets and escorted to the common where
after review the companies were dismissed
to their homes.

The four companies of three years' men
temporarily attached to the Third Regiment
together with three companies attaclied to
the Fourth Regiment and left at Fortress
Monroe, remained as the " ISIassachusetts
Battalion" until Dec. 13, 1861, when three
new companies were added and the com-
mand became the Massachusetts Twenty-
Ninth Regiment, one of the bravest and
most gallant belonging to the state. Their
close relations with the three months' men
and the fact that the}- were of the very first
of the three years' enlistments from Mass-
achusetts and New England it was felt
properl\- entitled them to tlu- inein1)ership
and they were accordingh' votetl into the
" Association of Massachusetts Minute Men
of '61."

The Third, under Colonel Silas 1'. Rich-
mond, served again in 1862 3 as a nine
months" regiment in tin- Department of
North Carolina, participating in the battles
of Kinston. Whitehall and Goldsboro.
Consequent upon changes in the militia
after the war, the Third and Fourth Regi-
ments have disappeared from the roster of
state troops, but with patriotic regard for
the men who .served their country so faith-
fully and promptly in the hour of danger,

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Massachusetts keeps their retjiinental mun-
bers vacant, in imitation of Napoleon's
order that at roll-calls of his veterans the
response should be for the absent ' ' Dead
on the field of honor," and the remem-
brance of these regiments lives in history,
the archieves of the Connnon wealth, and
the memories of a tjratefnl people.

The Assonet l^ight Infantry

(Co. O, Third Re.trimcnt. M.Y.M.)

The Assonet Light Infantry Con:pan\-
(t. Third Regiment, Second Brigade, First
Division, M. V.M. was organized at Assonet
\'illag'e, Freetown, Mass., June 29, 1850,
upon the petition of Rol:)ert P. Strobridge
and fifty-two others.

In response to the call of President Din-
coin for troops, the company reported for
duty at Boston, Mass., on the morning" of
April 16, 1861, and was quartered that
night in Old Colony Railroad Hall.

It embarked on the .steamer " S. R.
vSpaulding " April 17, ami sailed the next
day for Fortress Monroe, \a., where it
served three months, taking part in the
destruction of the Norfolk Navy Yard on
the night of April 20, 1861. Overcoats,
flannel shirts, knapsacks, haver.sacks, tin
cups, knives and forks were issixed to the
company on the " Spaulding. " Ammuni-
tion was issiTed on the United States Ship
' ' Pawnee ' " enroute from F'ortress Monroe
to Norfolk, Va. It garrisoned Fort Cal-
houn (The Rip Raps), Hampton Roads,
Va., from June 24 to July 16, 1861, and
assisted in serving the celebrated " Sawyer
Gun" in firing at the rebel liatteries at
Sewell's Point, Va.

Private Charles R. Haskins while on
guard at Hampton, Va., May 24, 1861,
captured three negroes that were stealthily
approaching our lines with the intention
of escaping from slavery. He took them
to General Butler's headquarters. Their
master soon appeared and demanded his
property. He admitted the slaves had
assi.sted in building rebel fortifications.
General Butler therefore declared them to
be contraband of w'ar, refused to give them
up, and set them to work in Fortress Mon-
roe.

The compau}- was mu.stered out at Bos-
ton, Mass., July 23, 1861, and paid ofT in
gold at Assonet Village, August 14, 1861.
Captain, $421.26; finst lieutenant, f;355.59;
second lieutenant, $339.58; fir.st sergeant,
$78.42; sergeants, $68.61; corporals,
$55.55; privates, $49.02.

In September, 1862, the company was
consolidated with Company A of Halifax,
Third Regiment IVI.V.M. and served nine
months in the department of North Caro-
lina, Captain John W. Marble commanding
the company.

In August, 1864, the members of Com-
pany G, who had not attached themselves
to other organizations in the field joined
the Twenty-second Unattached Compau}-,
Captain John W. Marble commanding, and
served one hundred days at Camp Meigs,
Readville, Mass.

Third Regiment Infantry

BY AISTIN ,S. CrSHMAN.

This Regiment was under the connnand
of Colonel David W. Wardrop and was
composed of troops residing in localities
more widely .separated from their com-
mander's headquarters and from Boston
than any other regiment in the state, and
therefore, in any comparisons which ma}'
be made with other troops regarding the
relative rapidity of their mobilization in re-
sponding to the President's call for troops,
this fact becomes important. It was in the
afternoon of Monday, April 15, that Special
Order No. 14 was issued by Governor
Andrew and despatched by niail and special
messengers to the respective colonels of
the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth
Regiments. The colonel of the Third, re-
sided at New Bedford, a distance of fifty-
six miles from Boston ; that of the Fourth
at Ouincy, eight miles ; that of the Fifth
at Medford, five miles; that of the Sixth
at Pepperell, forty-one miles, and that of
the Fighth at Dynn, 11 miles. The order
was not received In- Colonel W'ardrop until
evening. It was at once promulgated to
Company D, and some members of his
staff were despatched as messengers to con-
vey his orders to the other companies.
Horace Scott, President of the Fairhaven

Minute Men of '61

Railroad, gratuitously tfn<k'rt.-(l a special
train as far as Treniout for the niesseugx-rs
going to Halifax, Car\er, I'lynipton and
Plymouth. The last named place was fifty-
eight miles from New Bedford, not acces-
sible at that time of night by railroad, nor
were the other places above named. Yet
Compan\- A received its orders at two a. m . ,
April 16, and Company B recei\ed its
orders at three a.m. April 16, and both
companies reported in Boston at noon of
the same day. It has not 1)een possible to
ascertain when Company G at Freetown
received its orders, but it is credited wath
having reported for dut\- promptly. The
same may be said of Company H of Plymp-
ton and Company K of Carver. The Free-
town company had to travel forty-eight
miles by rail; the Plympton and Carver
companies thirty miles and the Halifax
compau}- twent\-eight miles after leaving
their homes, scattered miles apart, anil
distant from the railroad stations. It is
surprising that with the limited railroad
facilities of those da3-s and without modern
means of inter-communication by telegraph
or telephone, in a cold spring northea.ster,
over roads almost impassable with mud and
thawing snow, that the orders should have
been so rapidl\ transmitted and so prompth'
obeyed.

Colonel David \\'. W'ardrop was highly
proficient in militar\- tactics. He had fir.st
served as lance corporal ii: the old Boston
Fusileers and afterw'ards belonged to the
City Guards of New Bedford. Some
credited him with havitig had a West Point
education. At all events he was in his
element when performing any military
duty, and inspired his men with confidence
in his military ability. He was prompt,
courageous, and energetic, but his regi-
ment was small and widely scattered over
two counties. At the time of promulgating
Special Order No. 14, it con.si.sted of but
six companies. Yet he strove with the
Governor for the honor of being the first
regiment to leave the State.

Captain Richardson's company from
Cambridge was attached to the Regiment,
April 16, as Compau}- C. This Company
had been raised several months before, in
anticipation of the breaking out of hostili-

ties, by lyieutenant Chamberlain, and on
the call for se\c-nty-five thousand men had
marched into Boston and tendered their
services to the Governor as volunteers for
three years. While at I'ortress Monroe
the command devolved upon Lieutenant
Samuel E. Chamberlain, as Captain Rich-
ardson was absent on leave. On May 9, at
Fortress Monroe, Captain Chipman's com-
pany from Sandwich, Captain Samuel H.
Doten's company from Pljniouth, Captain
W. D. Chamberlain's company from Lynn
and Captain J. K. Tyler's compan}- from
Boston, all three \ears" companies, were
temporarily assigned to the Third Regi-
ment and de.signated as Companies D, F, I
and M, respectively.

The original companies, including Com-
pany C, embarked on the steamer " S. R.
Spaulding " April 17, from Central Wharf
in the early evening and dropped down the
harl)or to await supplies. She sailed under
sealed orders the next forenoon to find,
when nine miles out, that her de.stination
was Fortress Monroe, which was reached
at eleven a.m., Saturday, April 20, after a
voyage of forty-seven and one-half hours.

That afternoon the Regiment embarked
on the gunboat "Pawnee" and at five
o'clock proceeded to Gosport Navy Yard
under orders from A\'ashington given to
Commodore Paulding to destroy the dr}'-
dock, con.struction-houses, vards, buildings
and all vessels and munitions of war which
could not by being removed, be secured
against seizure by the rebels. In the dark-
ness, and the uncertainty of whether the
unexpected forces were friends or foes of
the Union the " Pawnee " and all on lioard
were for awhile exposed to the imminent
peril of instant destruction by a l)roadside
from the "Pennsylvania" and a raking
fire from the " Cumberland," who.se crews
and some of whose ofUcers remained loyal
to the Union and stood with shotted guns
and lanyards in hand breathlessly awaiting
some sign by which the character of the
nussion of the approaching troops could
become assured. Finally the repeated hail
of the "Pawnee's" boatswain convinced
the loyal sailors that loyal troops had come
to their support, and then the night air re-
echoed with enthusiastic shouts and added

Minute Men of '61

volume to the inspiriuii" strains of the ' ' Star
Spangled Banner," which was played by
the splendid band on the quarter-deck of
the " Pennsylvania."

Time has satisfied the pnl)lic that the
place could have been held, and the enor-
mous loss, which resulted from the attempt
at destruction, avoided. It speaks well for
the Third, that its Colonel was of that
opinion at the time, and volunteered to
hold it with his small force until reinforced.
Commodore Paulding however felt com-
pelled by his orders to decide otherwise,
and soon buildings and ships were aflame
as the various details proceeded with their
several tasks. Rven the detail taken from
Company B to assist in mining the dry
dock were driven from their work by the
extreme heat before its entire accomplish-
ment. Two companies, A, and B, were on
guard as a reserve, as it was knowm that
two rebel companies were at Norfolk.
Other details threw cutlasses, sabres, shot
and shell into tlie river, and ever}- man
worked energetically at his allotted task in
the light of the great conflagration till he
was ordered aboard the "Pawnee" for re-
turn to Fortress Monroe, where she arrived
Sunday, April 21, at six a.m. Thus the
Third had been the first northern volunteer
troops to land aggressively on southern
soil.

The duties at Fortress Monroe were very
arduous and fatiguing and consisted in
strengthening its defences, and unloading,
handling and storing the enormous amount
of provisions and other supplies for troops,
which it was foreseen must be concen-
trated there and in that vicinity. The
Regiment won the favor of the regulars,
both officers and men, by its excellent
discipline, its strict attention to the details
of guard duty and its precision in infantry
drill. Colonel Diniick, the commandant,
complimented Colonel Wardrop on com-
manding such a regiment, though the
guard at the sea Ijattery had, the night
before, for not answering upon being thrice

challenged fired at the boat in which Col-
onel Diniick was returning from the
"Minnesota," and wounded the cox-
swain, near whom Colonel Dimick was
seated.

As soon as contral)ands came into our
lines in sufficient numljers (and Conipau}-
G has the honor of turning in the first
three, who applied for protection to Charles
R. Haskins of Myricksville while on picket)
they were assigned to the heavier labors of
the quartermaster's department. The
Regiment was thus enabled to pay more
attention to its ordinary military duties.
May 13, two companies and a field piece
held Hampton bridge, and INIay 24, Com-
panies B and M made a reconnoissance
with General Butler and took two prison-
ers. June 8, Company C, under command
of Ivieutenant Chamberlain, with loaded
muskets suppressed insubordination in the
"Naval Brigade." They were finally re-
lieved by Company F, June 17.

July 1, the Regiment was ordered to oc-
cupy Hampton, a code of signal -lights was
devised by the adjutant and Companies A,
Band C. constituted the main guard. A
rebel force was being organized at Big
Bethel under General Magruder. Here,
during the remainder of its term it gained
experience in entrenching with the ther-
mometer at 114 and scouting with the
thermometer still one degree higher. One
occasion (July 5), Companies h. B and F,
with a howitzer batter}- were stationed on
picket all night, when an attack was ex-
pected. July 14, a private of Company F
was shot and beaten, but not killed, while
outside our lines. On Jul}- 16, the Regi-
ment marched to Fortress Monroe, and
embarked on the steamer, "Cambridge,"
for Boston. On July 19, touched at Long
Wharf and was ordered into camp at Ivong
Island. On July Z2 the Regiment was
mustered out of the service of the Ignited
States. The next day it landed at Boston,
marched to the Common amidjgreat en-
thusiasm and was dismissed.

Minute Men of '61

Third Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of Y)l

FIEI/D AND SSAFF

'^Colonel, David W. Wardrop, New Bedford.

Lictitenant Colonel, Ch arises Raymond, Plymouth.

Major, John H. Jennings, New Bedford

*S!(rgcoti, Alex. R. Holmes, New Bedford.

*Assista)it Surgeon, Johnson Clark, New Bedford.

Adjutant, Austin S. Cushman, New Bedford.

Quarter Master, Edward D. AllEN, Fairhaven.

*Sergeant Jfajor, Alberto C. Maggi, New Bedford.

Quarter Master Sergeant, Frederick S. Gifford, New Bedford.

Roster Co. A, Third Massachusetts
Regiment, Minute Men of '61

(Halifax LiKlit Infantry.)

Organized in 1792. The response to the
call for their services in 1861 proved that
the spirit of 1812 was not extinct. Orders
were received by the captain at two o'clock
on the morning of April 16, and though the
members were scattered in eight different
towns they were notified, and in a few
hours assembled at the depot where they
took the train for Boston that morning.
Ireing among the first to arrive.

'\Capt., Joseph S. H.a.rlow, Middleboro.
^Ist. Lieut., Cephas Washbukn Jr.,

Kingston.
2d. Lieut., Charles P. Lyon, Halifax.

1st. Sergt., Arthur Harris, Bridgewater.
t.SVr^-/'., Oreb F. Mitchell, Middfeboro.
*Sergt., Erastus W. Everson, Dedham.
*Theodore L. Bonney, Hanson.
jCor/)., Albert Josselyn, Pembroke.

Corp.. Charles L,. Bryant, Bridgewater.
'\Corp., Frederick O. Everson, Han.son.

Corp., James W. Bryant, Middleboro.

*Alexander, John F E. Bridgewater

Bonne}-, Morton V Hanson

fBourne, George H

*Bourne, Josiah

Bourne, Sylvanus Halifax

*Br3'ant, Francis E

tBryant, Oliver E

*Capen, Alonzo Hanson

Corser, Charles W

*Goddard, William D Brookline

Godfrey, Merritt, R Halifax

*Gurney, Ebenezer H Hanson

tHarden, Benjamin Bridgewater

*Hayward, Lewis B Halifax

Hill, Francis C Hanson

Hill, Jacob P

*Holmes, Freeman Bridgewater

Holmes, Lewis J

Hood, William W Hanson

Howard, Willard

*Hurley, Patrick Bo.ston

*Jordan, Charles S

Lee, George H Bridgewater

tLyon, William A Halifax

Marston William T

tMitchell, Ophir D INIiddleboro

Morton, Nathaniel Halifax

tPoole, Horace W

fPoole, Isaac

*Pratt, Selden

Raymond, Lsaac E

Rice, George Charlestown

tSmith, Jason Hanson

Smith, Reuben, Jr

fThayer, Edwin S

Tinkham, William M Middleboro

* White, Charles A Boston

Young, Edward C

*Re-enlistecl at end of three months' service and
niogt of the others during war.
tDead

Minute Men of '61

Company B, Third Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Staiidish Guards.)

Organized in 1818, and reorganized in
1851. At three a.m. , April 16, 1861, Captain
Doten received his orders by a special
courier from New Bedford. At 9.30 o'clock
the same morning the company left Ply-
mouth, arriving in Boston at noon and
were quartered at the Old Colony depot
where other members joined them in the
aftetnoon.

Captain, CharlivS C. Doten, Plymouth.

* First L ieiit. , ( )Tis ROGERS, Plymouth.
'^2d. Lieutenant, Wieeiam B. Aeexander,

Boston

* First Sergt.^ Charles H. Drew, Plymouth.
*Sergt., Ivcander Iv. Sherman, Plymouth.
*Sergeant, F'rank C. Goodrich, Boston.
*Sergt., Jacob W. South worth, Plymouth.

Corporal, Job B. Oldham, Plymouth.
Corporal, Augustus H. Fuller, Phniouth.
Corporal, James H. Robbins, Plymouth.
^Corporal, Thomas B. Atwood, Aliington.

*Allen, Sherman, Plymouth

* Atwood, Timoth\- S Abington

Barnes, Charles E Plymouth

Barnes, George R

Barnes, L/Cvonzo D

Barnes, Nathaniel V

Barnes, William E

Bartlett, Amasa M

Bramhall, Ellis B

Brown, Caleb N

*Burbank, David W

*Burbank, William S

Chase, George H

Churchill , Robert B

*Crosby, Charles C Waltham

*Davis, Albert R Plymouth

*Drew, Josiali R

*Drew, Stephen C

Dixon, Lyman

Faunce , lyemuel B

Faunce, Solomon F Plymouth

Fish, George H

*P'uller , Theodore vS

*Gilmore, Alexander Natick

*Haley , Thomas Plymouth

Handy, Azel \< So. Woodstock, Ct.

*Harlow, S}lvanus R Boston

*Hartin, John P" Kingston

Holljrook, Pvliphalet Plymouth

Holmes, Charles H

Holmes, Isaac T

*Holnies, Frederick

Howard, Daniel I)

*Jones, Charles

*Jordan, Charles N

*Leach, Frank S

*Ducas, Daniel Al:)ington

*Lucas, John S Roxbury

Mason , Charles Plymouth

*Newhall , Alfred P Dyun

Perkins, Henry Plymouth

Perry, Charles M

Pierce, Charles W

Pope, Rufus H

Prior, Frastus O Abington

*Raymond, Harvev A

Ripley, George W Boston

Ripley, Henr}- Plymouth

Robbins, Francis H

Roberts, James I Boston

Sherman, Winslow B Plymouth

*Sniith, Fdward

*Soule, William Kingston

*Standish, James C Plymouth

Swift, John

Sylvester, John

Tribble, James

* Williams, John B

*Re-enHsted at end of three months' service and
most of the others during the war.
tDead.

Minute Men of '61

Company C, Third Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of Y)l

The first company raised in Massachu-
setts for the war, was formed January
1861. They received their orders at 10.30
o'clock in the evening; of April 16, and
reported themselves at the State House
early next morning, where the officers
were chosen and commissioned, and left
for Fortress Monroe where they arrived
on April 20.

*Capf., James P. Richardson, Cambridge.
*lst. Lieut., SamueIv F. Chamberlain,

Cambridge.
*_V. Lieut., Kdwin F. Richardson,

Cambridge.

*lst. Sergi., John Kinnear, Cambridge.

*Sei'gt., Francis M. Doble, Bo.ston.

*Scrgt., George W. Smith, Caml)ridge.

*Se/gt., Conrad D. Kinnear, Cambridge.

Corp., Arcr.sTrs A. Thurston,

Cambridge.

*Co!p., Daniel F. Brown, Cambridge.

*L'orp., Benjamin F. Dexter, Cambridge.

*Corp., John F. Howe, Cambridge.
Corp., Richard T. Marvin, Cambridge
Musician. John C. Copp, Cambridge.

Arkerson, Leonard Camljridge

*Bate, Andrew J

*Baxter, Joseph H

*Berry, Alljert C

Berry, Fdward Boston

Black, Isaac H Cambridge

Bourne, Robert T

*Brown, Charles B

Brown, Daniel V

Bushnach, Solomon ^I

Cartwright, Joseph P

Cate, James H

Chandler, Edwin T Lexington

^Chandler, Frederick Cambridge

*Chandler, William

Clark, William H

*Colley, William A

*Costello, Thomas

Craljbie, Roljert I) Cambridge

*Cronin, Jere C, Jr

^Cunningham, Hugh Boston

*Davis, Llewellyn P., Jr Cambridge

Dakin, Charles R

p;ilison, Lowell

P'airbanks, Edward E. vStafford Springs, Ct.

Frederick.son, Thomas W Cambridge

*Gaf ney , John C

*Gamble, Robert J

Gaml)le, Thomas

*( Tay , Joseph

(yreen, John Abington

Griffing, Aljner A Camljridge

Haley, James \\'

Harty, Samuel L

Hastings, (leorge H

*Hawkes, Levi

Hay ward, William .A

Hill, PYederick A Boston

Hitchcock, Simon D Cambridge

*Holt, Alfred F

*Howard, Patrick

Howlett, Charles ISI

Kavannaugh, William Abington

Kelley, Frank E Boston

Kennedy, Paul Cambridge

Kinnear, Conrad D

King, John W Stoneham

Lamson. George W Camljridge

*Libljey, Samuel H

Jvucv , Samuel C

Luc}", Thomas H

*I\Iartin, Thomas

*Marvin. Richard T

Mason, Alfred J

Mayers, Joseph

*McI)onald, Thomas Dorchester

IMcOuillan, Eugene H Cambridge

McQuillan, Michael

Melcher, Daniel R

Moore, Horatio C Claremont, X. H.

Nickels, George T Camljridge

Minute Men of '61

Norris, Thomas A. B., Jr Cainl)ri(lge

reiiniinan, James \\'

*reirce, Calvin D

*rreston, Thomas Roxbur\-

Richards, William W Dorchester

Russell, William R Boston

Shannon, William Camljridge

*Sliee(l\', James Boston

*vSlate, Charles S Cambridge

Sloconib, Samuel F

vSniith, Henry A

Smith, John

Stetson, Charles K Boston

*Stone, Warren F Cambridge

*Sullivan, Michael Boston

Sullivan, Timoth\- Fall River

Tibbetts, William H .Cambridge

Titus, Charles H Walpole, N. H.

Trulan, Edwin H Cambridge

Vose, John Somerville

*Waters, George \\' Canil)ridge

Wheelock, George W

White, Henry

*White, John A

* Wilson, Andrew Dorchester

*Re-enlisted.

L.U5?ENG. CO. BOSTON

FAXKUII, HAIJ,, BOSTON, MASSACIII SKTTS

Minute Men of '61

Company D, Third Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of ^61

(Afterwards Compain' I), T\vcnt.\-Xinth Massachusetts Volunteers.)

This company was organized in Sandwich
early in May, 1861, and left for Boston,
May 17, and direct from thence to Fortress
Monroe. A flag was presented them by
Major S. B. Phinney, of Barnstable.

COMMISSIONKD OFFICERS.

CAPTAINS.

Charles Chipman, Sandwich, commis-
sioned Major of the Regiment Decemljer
13, 1861.

Charles Bkadv, Sandwich, promoted
from First Lieutenant, January- 4, 1862.

First Lieutenant, Henry A. Kern, Sand-
wich, promoted from Second Lieutenant,
January 4, 1862.

Second Lieutenant, Augustus D. A}-ling,
Lowell, commissioned January 4, 1862.

NOX-C( )MMISSIONED OFFICERS AND
PRIVATES.

SliKGKANTS.

Stuart, William Baltimore

Atherton, James H Sandwich

Brady, Edward

CORPORALS.

Coleman, David B Barnstable

Hamlin, Benj. IL, Sandwich, promoted

Sergeant.
Breese, William, Sandwich, promoted

Sergeant.
McKenna, Michael, Sandwich

MUSICIANS.
Crocker, George E., Provincetown com-
missioned Fife Major of the Regiment.
Dalton, Christopher B., Sandwich

privates.

Badger, George W Sandwich

Badger, Gustavus A

Ball, James

Bruce, George F

Collins, John T Sandwich

Cox, James

Cook, James

Clancey , Patrick

Chapman, Thos. \V New Bedford

Cheval, Alfred. . Sandwich

Campbell, John

Darby, Thos. F., E. Cambridge, promoted
to corporal.

Dean, Timothy .Sandwich

Dean, Warren P

Donnelly, Edward

Eaton , Joseph W

Eldridge, Perez

Fagan , John

Fuller, Benj

(yinne}-, James

Hunt, Samuel W

Hathawa\', Alden P New Bedford

Harkins, Charles G Sandwich

Heslin, Michael, .Sandwich, discharged.

Heald, James H Sandwich

Hoxie, David A., Sandwich, killed at New-
port News by the explosion of Sawyer's
gun, Feb. 1S62.

Hoxie, Z. H Sandwich

Hoxie, D. H

Jones, Charles E

James, Wm. D New Bedford

Keene, David S Sandwich

Kehn, Martin L. Jr., Sandwich, promoted
to corporal.

Long, I'atrick Sandwich

McElroy, Patrick

McNulty , Peter

McAlanery, John

McDermott, Wm

Phinne}-, Isaac H

Russell, Peter ,

Robbins, C. F

Russell, Philip

Smith, William J

Swift, Francis C

Turner, Joseph

Minute Men of '61

Wrii^ht, Chas. S Sandwicli

Wright, Anderson

Woods, John

tWoods, Wni. H

Woods, I'rancis

Woods, Jas. H

Ward , Jas

Woodward, Win. H

JOINED AFTER THE REGIMENT EEFT
MASSACHUSETTS.

Bunipus, F. G Warehani

Ford, N. C Barnstable

Gaffney, A. J E. Cambridge

Haines, J. B Sandwich

Madigan , J. J

tDead

During: the Southern Rebellion Presi-
dent I/incoln called for the following
troops, which promptly responded

April 15. 'ei. 75,000. 3 months.
May 3, '61. 82.748, 3 years.
July 22, '61. 500.000. 3 year.s.
July 2, "62. 30,000, 3 years.
Aug. 9. '62, 300.000, 9 months. •
June 16. '63, 1.000, 6 months.
Oct. 17. '63. 300,000. 2 years.
Feb. 1. '64, 200,000. 2 years.
March 14. '64. 200,000, 3 years.
April 23. '64.'85,000, 100 days.
July 18, '64, 500,000 /

Dec. 19, '64. 300,000

1. 2. 3 years.

United States "Wars

War of the Revolution, 1775-8.

Indian War in Ohio Territory.

War with the Barbary States.

Tecumseh Indian war. 1811.

War with Great Britain. 1812.

Algerine war. Rhode Island, 1841.

First .Seminole war. 1817.

Black Hawk war, 1831.

.Second .Seminole war, 1856.

Mexican war, 1846-S.

Mormon war, 1856.

Civil war. .Southern rebellion, 1861-5.

Modoc war, 1,872.

War with Spain, 1898.

War with Philiiipine Islands, 1899.

Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Farewell
Order to his Men

General Joseph f;. Johnston, in his farewell
order to his confederate army, said: "I^ay down
\oiu- arms, cease your bloodshed and go back to
your homes and make as good law abiding citizens
as yon have made good .soldiers, for we must all
again live under the same government."

Representative Recruits in the "War of the
Rebellion

During the war of the rebellion, six hundred and
twenty-seven residents of Massachusetts, persons
not liable to do military service, or subject to any
draft, furnished to the United States six hundred
and thirty-two representative recruits : that is.
they hired and paid lor this number of men to
represent them in the war for the loreservation of
the Union. One very interesting fact relative to
the above is. that out of the six hundred and
twenty-seven fm-nishiirg recruits, eighty-seven of
them were women.

" On fame's eternal camping .grounds.
Their silent tents are spread,
And .glory guards, with solemn rounds.
The bivouac of the dead."

Cost of Wars

Italian War S3i)(l.000.0(i0 and 45.000 lives.

Prussia and Austrian War 5333,000.000 and
45.000 lives.

Russia an<l Turkish War S135.000.000 and 250,000
lives.

France and Prussia War 54,000,000,000 and 196,000
lives.

Russia and p:ngland War $2,000,000,000 and 750,000
lives.

United States War • of the Rebellion 1861-1865
$7,400,000,000 and 830,000 lives.

History says "the loss of the war of 1S12 was 1 in
S5. "Mexican war 1 in 20. War of the Rebellion 1 in 7.

Union l/oses During; The "War of the
Rebellion

Cause of Death. Officers

Killed or died of wounds
Died of disease
Drowned

Other accidental death;^
Miu'dered

Killed after capture
Committed suicide
F^xecuted

Executed by the enemy
Died from sunstroke
Other known causes
Causes not stated

Total.

i 6.365

103,673

110,038

2.795

221.791

224.586

106

4.838

4.944

142

3.972

4,114

487

524

100

365

391

267

308

313

1,972

2,034

12,093

12,121

Total

9.584 349,912 359,496

Minute Men of '61

Company E, Third Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of Y)l

(Afterwards Company E- Twenty-Ninth Massachusetts Vohmteers.)

Enlisted May 6, 1861, for three years
unless sooner discharged. Enil>arked at
Boston for Fortress Monroe on jVIay 18,
and temporarily attached to Third Regi-
ment.

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

CAPTAIN.
SamukI. H. DoTEN, Plymouth.
EIRST EIEUTENANT.S.
John B. Coleingwood, Plymonth, ap-
pointed Adjutant of the Regiment.
Freeman A. Tabor, New Bedford, com-
missioned December 16, 1861.

SECOND EIEUTEN.\NT.

Thomas A. M.wo, Plymouth.

NON-COMMISSK )NED OFFICERS
AND PRIVATES.

SERGEANTS.

Robbins, Edward Iv Plymouth

Jenks, Horace A

Atwood, John M

Morey, George S

CORPORALS.
Winsor, Peter, Kingston, promoted ser-
geant.

Wadsworth, George E Plyiuoutli

Standish, Winslow B

Fuller, Ichabod C

PRIVATES.

Adams, Colvimbtis Kingston

Atwood, Charles Carver

Alexander, John K Plymouth

Barnes, Winslow

Be3-tes, Antonie, Kingston

Burgess, Nathaniel Plymouth

Barnes, Moses S

Burrows, Simeon H., wounded in a skir-
mish July 14, 1861

Barnes, Ellis D Plymouth

Burbank, George E

Bradford, George Ic

Blanchard, Andrew

Barnes, W. C

Blake, Eawrence R

Bradford, Cornelius

Bumpus, Benjamin !•'

Churchill , Sylvanus E

Collingwood, Thomas

Dunham, Barnabas

Pvddv, Henry F

Freeman, Philander

Grooding, \\'illiam P., promoted corporal..

(ray, Timothy E ,

Hayden , Thomas W

Holbrook, James S., promoted corporal. . .

Holmes, Orrin D

Holmes, Setli E

Harlow, Samuel H., promoted corporal. . .

Howland, William H

Hall, John F., wounded l)v the bttrsting of
Sawyer's gun at Newport News, Febru-
ary, 1862

Harkins, Alexander

Kimball, Henry A., promoted corporal...

IVIullen , Thomas P

Merriam, Charles E

INIiddleton, \\"illiam R Carver

Morton E. B. promoted corporal....

Pl\-motith

Morey, William

Morton , Isaac , Jr

Morrison, John E

Nicker.son, William T

Pierce, George F

Paty, Seth W., l)adly wotmded by the

bursting of Sawyer's gtm at Newport
News :

Pittee, William H

Penber, John H . .

Phinney, Otis W Plympton

Robbins, Henrj^ H Plymouth

Minute Men of '61

Robbins, Alliert R Plymoutli

Sinnnins, Albert

Siniinons, Frank H

Thomas, Frank A Plymouth

\'anghan, P'rederick H

Vaughan, Leander M

Standish , Wiles Warner, Alfred B. , promoted corporal ,

Swift, William.

Washburn, John Kingston

Shannon , John Williams, David Plymouth

Smith, Patrick Whiting, Joseph B

Stillman, James E Wright, Sanuiel C

Thrasher, vS. D \\'illiams, William

Thompson, Walter Plympton

^April 15, 1861, while Captain Knott V.
Martin of Marblehead was butchering a hog,
Adjutant Edward W. Hincks, (afterwards
(Ven'l Hinck-) arrived at five p.m. with the
first Call from President Lincoln, sent by
Governor Andrew, and within an hour Cap-
tain Martin's Company was on the road and
the first equipped to arrive in Boston.

Minute Men of '61

Compan}^ G, Third Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of Y)l

(Assoiift Ei.ylit Infantry.)

Was organized in 1S50. TIk- company
promptly responded to the call in April,
1861, and served three months with the
Third Regiment at Fortress ]\I<niroe ami at
the Rip Raps.

Capf., John W. Marble, Freetown.
Isf. Lieut., Humphrey A. Francis,

Freetown.
*2)id. Lieut., John M. Dean, Freetown.
*lst. Sei'gt., James H. Hathaway,

Freetown.
*Sergf., George D. \Vielia:\is, Freetown.
Corp., Frederic Thayer, Freetown.
Corp., Chester W. Briggs, Freetown.

Clark, James C

Haskell , James H

Haskins, Charles R Tannton

Haskins, Ephraim H

Haskins, George H Freetown

Haskins, Rnssell Tannton

Haskins, Urial

Hathaway, Russell H F'reetown

Hill, David B

Mai com, John = Taunton

IMckens, Luther Freetow'U

Pierce, Columbus Taunton

Putnam, George P" Nashua, N. H.

Read , Fdward E Freetown:

Richmond, Welcome H

Whittaker, James H. . ., Taunton

Winslow, Benedict A P'reetown

"Re-enlisted

Minute Men oe '61

Compan}^ H, Third Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Samoset f.uards.)

Organized in 1835. Was first organized
as a rifle company, and subsequently the
charter was changed making it an infantry
company. I^ike the other companies of
the Regiment they had Imt a short notice,
Imt were ready to start with the others on
the seventeenth of April for Fortress
Monroe.

Capt., LuciEN Iv. Perkins, I'lympton.
1st. Lieut., ().sc.A.K E. Wa.shburn,

Plympton.
2nd. Lieut., Schthworth Lorinc,

Middleboro.

1st. Scrgi., Ira S. Holmes, I'lympton.

Sergi., Jon.athan C. Beanchard,

Phmipton.

Serg-t., John B. Wright, Plympton.

Sergt., Oliver H. Bryant, Kingston.

Corp., Edwin A. Wright, Plympton.
*Co/p., John Jordan, Plympton.
*Corp., Henry K. Eeeis, Phmipton.

Corp., Alexander Iv. Ceiurchill,

Plympton.

Atwood , Josiah E

Atwood, Benjamin S

Alden, William C Middleljoro

Baldwin, George W Aldington

Beaton, Henry F Plympton

Benson, Calvin Abington

*Blakeman, Daniel Pembroke

*Brown, Lorenzo E Middleboro

Bryant, George B Kingston

*Chandler, Marshall N Pembroke

Churchill , Ezra vS Plympton

*Churchill, Frederick S Plympton

*I)arling, Albert A

*Dwyer , Daniel Abington

Eldredge, William P Plympton

Foy , William Abington

*Foley , Daniel Plympton

PVench, Francis E Abington

*Hammond, Josiah P Plympton

*Hartwell, Seth E Middleboro

*Haynes, Frederic New Bedford

*Harrin, Philander S Abington

Jones, Charles H Plympton

Keene, Briggs O Kingston

*Eeach, Melvin G

Eoud , Eemuel J Abington

Meserve, Solomon No. Abington

Morton, Thomas, Jr Middleljoro

*Parris, Robert

Phinney, Edward F Plympton

*Phinney, Israel B

Raymond, Lucius S Middleljoro

Reed, Seth D Abington

*Rickard, Warren IMympton

*vShepard, Frank H Boston

Shean, Michael Alnngton

Thomas, Francis S Middleboro

Thomi:)Son, Samuel G Abington

Tirrell , Major

*Towle, John A

Turner, Alonzo

Vanghan, Alvin P Carver

Wade, Lewis T Halifax

*Willis, James F Alnngton

*\Vright, Rufus N Plympton

"■Re-enlisted

Minute Men of '61

Company I, Third Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of Y)l

(Afterwards mertred into Coinpan.\- I, T\vciit.\-Kiiitli Massachusetts Volunteers.)

This company was recruited In- Captain
Chamberlain April 19, 1S61, and was
originally intended for three months' ser-
vice. May 8, this company marched to
the State House, Boston, voted to enlist
for three years, and May 10 sailed for
P'ortress Monroe in the steamer, "Pem-
broke,'" and attached to the Third Regi-
ment.

C( )MMIvSvS10NED OFFICERvS.

CAPTAIN.

W'li.LiAM D. Chamberlain, I^ynn.

FIRST lieutenant.

A. Augustus Oliver, Lynn.

SECOND lieutenant.

John E. Smith, Lynn, wounded by the
explosion of the Sawyer gun at New-
port News, Va., February, 1862.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
AND PRIVATES.

SERGEANTS.

Burns, William H l^ynn

Barnicoat, John W"

Atwill, Aaron C

Goodwin, Frank

CORPORALS.

Parker, Gardner Lynn

Hay, Henry E

Downing, Nathaniel J

Townsend, George

PRIV.ATES.

Adams, William H Iv}nn

Armstead , George W

Badger, Joseph IVI

Betton, Charles I

Bonner, Charles C

Bowman, W. A\\ Swampscott, severeh

\\otinded at the explosion of a Saw\er
gun at Newport News, Februar}- 6, 1862.
Blanev, Augustus A., vSwampscott, taken
prisoner October 21, carried to Ricli-
mond January 3, was released, and
returned to the compan\-.

Caldwell, Joseph P vSwampscott

Childs, Isaac H

Chesley, William

Chamberlain, Charles

Cumniings, John H

Daily, William P

Dearmid, James G New Hampshire

Dow, Charles S Lynn

Dow, John C

Dow, Joseph A

Durgin, Join: A

Forsj'th , George W

Fowler, George P

(ilass, Thomas L

( Trover, Lucius B

Greene, William P

Gould, Daniel Maine

Hall, John H Lynn

Hammond , George H

Harris, Charles V, vSwampscott

Hillis, Alonzo Lynn

Horton, George Swampscott

Jewett, George W Lynn

Kemp, Elbridge G

Lee , David

Linsdey, George A

Millett, Joseph A Swampscott

Moulton, John B Lynn

Moulton, Solomon

Miller, John S Manchester

Phillips, Jacob Lynn

Pickett, Thomas ' . .

Rawson, Elbridge M

Rich, George H

Rogers, Clifford I

Rand , Curtis S

Shaw, John H

Minute Men oe '61

Swan, David A Lynn Clark, Ira A.

Swan, William R Clark, Frederick A.

Swain, fjames M Collins, Jennison P.

Sullivan, Georg;e Clougli, Melvin F.

Tarr, Andrew H Newburyport Doak, Oliver H. P.

Thompson, Benjamin F, Lynn Dunsmore, Andrew.

Williams William K Fields, Orrin.

Willey, Isaac O Gardner, Benjamin S.

Gove, Charles F.

JOINED AFTER THE REGIMENT EEFT Goodwin, James F.

MASSACHUSETTS. !!^^th, Fben F

Keyer, Walter A.

Batchelder, Edward G. McNulty, Dominic.

Batchelder, John O. Short, Joseph A.

Bartoll, Thomas R. Williams, Lyman R.

Minute Men oe '61

Company K, Third Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of Y)l

(Bay State Light Infantry.)

Organized in 1852. I^ieutenant William
S. McFarlin was chosen captain and was
acting- in that capacity at the time the
Regiment was ordered into active service
in April, 1861. A part of the company
were unable to leave at tliis time, but
soon after joined their comrades at
Fortress IMonroe.

*C(7/>/.. Wir.Li.\M S. McFarlin, S. Carver.

Is/. Lieut., John Dunham, No. Carver.

*J;/(/. Lieid., Francis L. Porter,

New Bedford.

1st. Sergi., Asa Shaw, Middleboro.
*.Sergt., Hiram O. Tillson, Carver.

Scrgt., Robert P. Morse, Carver.
*Sergt., Linus A. vShaw, Carver.
*Coi'p., Elbridge a. Maxim, Middleljoro.

Corp., Charles M. Packard, vSandwich.

Corp., Ebenezer a. Shaw, Middleboro.

Corp., Henry W. Winslev, Wareham.

*Atwood, Eli, Jr Middleboro

*Atwood , John S

Bates , George E Carver

*Battles, Otis h Wareham

Benson, Jeremiah

*Bent, Joseph F '. Carver

Besse, Elisha G Wareham

Besse , James W

Booth, Charles R New Bedford

*Bumpus, David P Wareham

Bumpus, Hosea C

Burgess, Howard Sandwnch

Carsley, William W Fairhaven

Caswell, Leander W Wareham

*Chipman, George E

*Chubbuck, Benjamin C

Cobb, John M Carver

*Coggeshall, Josiah W

*Crittenden, John F Wareham

Davenport, John M New Bedford

Dunham, Jo.seph W W^areham

*French , George H

*(Tammons, George N Middleboro

CMfiford, Henry M New Bedfonl

Gould , Loring P Boston

*Heath, George M Wareham

Howland, George W., 3d. . .New Bedford

^Jefferson, Martin F Middleboro

Luscomb, George G New Bedford

McFarlin, Henry L Middleboro

*Morse, Levin S

Murdock, Charles C Wareham

Phinney, Sylvester O vSandwich

Phinney, William W

Raymond, William B Wareham

Rounseville, ' William H

Ryan, James

Sampson, Thomas W Middleboro

Sanborn , John D Carver

Seaver, Joseph N Wareham

Shaw, George H Carver

Shaw, Jonathan W

Sherman, Joseph S Wareham

vShurtleff, Seth H

Stringer, James H Carver

Stringer, Joseph

Tillson, Hiram B

Tinkham, Joseph W Wareham

Tripp, Stephen T

Vail, Isaac B Carver

Henry W. Winsby Wareham

* Re-enlisted at end of service; most of the others
soon after

Minute Men oe '61

Company L, Third Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(New Bedford Guards.)

BY A. S. CUSHMAN

Company L/ was generally known as the
"New Bedford City Guards." The first
meeling for its organization was held
Jnly 22, 1852, and on August 31 follow-
ing George A. Bourne was commissioned
its Captain. He had previously been com-
missioned Captain of Company K in the
Third Regiment Light Infantry, Second
Brigade, First Division, which existed in
New Bedford and was known as the ' ' City
Guards. ' ' Captain Bourne resigned Jan-
uary 19, 1847, and the Company was dis-
banded August 8, 1849. Captain Bourne
commanded the "New Bedford City
Guards" till 1854, when he resigned, and
was succeeded by Captain Timothy Ingra-
ham who was in command at the time of
the receipt of Special Order No. 14, dated
April 15, 1861, which ordered the company
to report immediately in Boston.

The New Bedford City Guards under
Captain Ingraham soon became noted for
proficiency in drill. His son was a cadet
at West Point, and through him the father
was able to be kept fully informed in
advance of publication of all changes
adopted by the War Department. The
company not only adopted the complete
uniform of the cadets, but excelled in the
tactics afterwards promulgated by the War
Department as ' ' Hardee's Tactics, ' ' which
formed a part of the instruction at West
Point. As a part of their fatigue dress the
Guards wore a unique scarlet jacket from
which they were jocularly termed when at
exercise drills, the " Dolxster-backs. " Be-
sides their complement of company officers
they had an independent staff and a full
band. They drilled as a battalion as well
as a company. They acquired many of
the improvements which characterized the

noted Ellsworth Zouaves and prided them-
selves upon excellence in skirmishing
drills, the "silent manual," bayonet exer-
cise, and guard duty.

When Governor Andrew issued his pre-
paratory order of January 16, 1861 almost
the entire company volunteered to respond
to any call for duty without the borders of
the state so that when Special Order
No. 14 was pronuilgated late in that Mon-
day evening, April 15, they flocked to their
armory as the news spread, to learn of the
arrangements for their departure. There
was little sleep that night in the homes of
its members. What might Ije their ulti-
mate destination none could decide. An
ominious darkness shrouded the immediate
future into which they were being ushered,
trusting in Providence and confident in
their acquired militar}' knowledge. The
few short hours before their departure
were devoted to hasty arrangements to
provide for their families and business
while absent. Early the next morning
they responded to the roll-call and at
eight o'clock left the armory for an uncer-
tain future. Their uniform was similar to
that worn by the West Point cadets, — a
beautiful grey, black and gold.

Meanwhile the citizens had organized a
fitting puljlic demonstration of patriotic
feeling to bid them God-speed, so that
they were not permitted to leave until the
city's great heart found expression by a
popular clergyman craving devine protec-
tion to its gallant youth and Ex-Governor
John Henry Clifford had eloquenth' bade
a final farewell with thrilling assurances of
civic pride and neighborly love, pledging
the united support of the entire commun-
ity. Then to the inspiring music of its

Minute Men of '61

own blind the company marched to the
Fairhaven ferry accompanied 1)y snch an
enthusiastic crowd as never before had
l^een seen in thecit}-. Owingto the extra-
ordinary iluties imposed npon the railroads
which somewhat interfered with the regu-
lar train schednU-s the company did not
reach Boston till noon. It was quartered
temporarily near the Old Colony depot and
at night, through the courtesy of the New
Kngland (luards, slept in their quarters
over the Bo3deston Market. Ivieutenant
Porter returned to New Bedford.

The next day, W'ednesdav April 17, Lieu-
tenant liarton joined his company in Bos-
ton. In tile afternoon it marched to the State
House, received its colorsand was addressed
liv Governor John A. Andrew, and then,
amid the most enthusiastic demonstrations
of the excited populace proceeded to Cen-
tral Wharf where it emljarked on the
steamship " S. R. Spaulding," which
dropped down the harbor awaiting sup-
plies. While at anchor down the l)a_v
on A])ril IS, a b-oat came alongside
and a young man clambered over the side
who stated that he wanted to enlist. He
v^as instantly recognized by Lieutenant
Cushman as Edward L. Pierce, a former
c illege-mate, and at once enrolled in Com-
pany ly. At Fortress Monroe, as soon as
"contrabands" came flocking around the
fort for protection , he was assigned to the
congenial ihity of caring for their welfare,
and proved a most useful acquisition. At
thf Liid of his duty at Fortress Monroe he
was appointed to perform similar service
at Port Royal, S. C, and during the war
aided materially in developing the former
slaves of the South into defenders of the
Union and as useful citizens. On arriving
at Fortress Monroe Company L/ effi-
ciently performed every duty to which it was
assigned, although its costly uniforms
were quickly ruined by mounting heavy
guns and the handling of immense quan-
tities of quarter-master's supplies, besides
the ordinary routine of military duty.
From the compau}- many were detailed for
duty at Post Headquarters, scouting, and
unusual guard duty. Captain Ingraham,
who had been compelled by sickness to
return on the tug boat on April 18

and Lieutenant Porter, accompanied by
several recruits, reached P'ortress Monroe
on May 5; the former resumed command,
but Lieutenant Porter (fourth lieutenant),
lieing superniunerary under the army
regulations was, with the recruits, mus-
tered into Company K. Ju!\- 11, i\\v Regi-
ment was mustered out of the service ol
the United States.

On the company's return to New Bed-
ford at the end of its tour of service it
received a popular ovation and was
heartily welcomed home. Many of its
members suljsequently served as officers in
regiments which were formed during the
war.

The state finally reimbursed the Guards
for their ruined uniforms.
*Ca/)f., Timothy Ixgr.\ham.

New Bedford.

Isf. Liciit ., J.\MK.s Barton, New Bedford.

2jid. Lieut., Austin vS. Cu.shman,

New Bedford.

*lst. Scro-t., Samuki, C. Hart,

New Bedford.
*.S'rri,'v'., William M. BaTKS, New Bedford.
Scroi., bjj.SHA Do.\ne, New Bedford.
St'ro/., Thoma.sS. Palmer, New Bedford.
Corp., Nathan B. Mayhew,

New Bedford.

*Corp., Walti';r I). KiaTii, New Bedford.

Corp.^ Timothy D. Cook, New Bedford.

*Coip., Anthony I). Lang, New Bedford.

Afiisiciaii, George H. Cha.se,

New Bedford.

Allen, Thomas C. , Jr New Bedford

Allen, William H

Annand, Augustus Boston

* Avery, Charles N

Babcock, John H. M New Bedford

Barrows, George

Barrows, Isaac H

Blake, Peleg W

*Bly, Fzra K

Brady, Owen

Butler, Daniel A

Carnes, Rollins Boston

Clay, Hosea C

Collins, Charles M New Bedford

Conley, Owen I* Boston

Davis, Jonathan \\' New Bedford

Davis, Pardon A

*Re-enlisted.

Minute Men of '61

*Davi.s, William C, New Bedford

Delano, William

Kndicott, Ingersoll B Boston

Ferris, Anson E New Bedford

Freeman, George H Boston

(Vrant, Charles New Bedford

Hall, Daniel W

Hamblin , Josiah P

*Hart, Isaac C

*Hatliaway, James H

Herley, Francis

Henshaw, John G

Hicks, Edward

*Hillman, Rowland Iv

Hood, John P

Hunt, George W

Kelley, Franklin S Boston

*Lee, George P New Bedford

Manchester, William E

Martin, Thomas

Moore , Warren

Morris, Charles H Boston

Negus, Ira S New Bedford

Nye, Albert H

Nye, Joseph E

*Palmer, George S New Bedford

Pierce, Edward h Milton

Richards, Edward R New Bedford

Rix , Jonathan M

Robbins, F;iiphalet H

Robinson, Sanford M

*Russell, Andrew \V

Salisbury, William H

Sears, George T

Sisson , George P

Sisson, William H

*Skinner, James B

Staples, Frank

Taylor, William H

*Terry, Timothy W

Thomas, Harrison O Wareham

Tobey, Charles H New Bedford

Tobe}- , Franklin , Jr

*Upjohn, Aaron, Jr

Walker, Charles B

West, Charles

* Wilcox Henry A

Wilcox, Seth A

Young, Angus W

*Re-enlisted.

Minute Men of '61

Company M, Third Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Afterward Company B, Twenty-Ninth, Massachusetts Vohinteers.)

Formerly Company M, Boston, and
attached to the Third Regiment, Captain
J. K. Tyler, resigned Jnly 18, 1.S61 ; First
Lietitenant vSamnel A. Bent, resigned Jnly
IS, 1861.

COMMISSIUNFD ( )FFICFRvS.

CAPTAINS.

ISR.A.KL N. Wilson,
J. K. Tyler.

FIRST LIEUTENANT.

FzR.\ Ripley, Cambridge.

SECOND LIEUTENANT.

Thomas H. Adams, Boston.

NON-COMMIvSSIONED OFFICERS
AND PRIVATES.

sergeants.

Frost, Walter E. Boston

Mitchell, Jos. L Cambridge

Freel, Jas Braintree

Brown, Benj. B So. Boston

Hodgkins, Emery Olottcester

corporals.

(ioodwin, W^arren Bridgewater

Mosher, Wm. H E. Bridgewater

Hayes, Lawrence Boston

Magee, Henry E

Carlton, F. Oscar Andover

Kelty, Jos. H So. Newmarket, N. H.

Dean, Horace A ■: Boston

Ivucas, John

MUSICIANS.

Baker, W^m. H Boston

Cable, Jas So. Boston

Fairbanks, Geo. W

PRIVATES.

Anderson, J no. B Dorchester

Andrews, (reo. W E. Cambridge

Babcock, Wm. C Framingham

Baker, Wm Boston

Bent, George O Framingham

Bowen , Chas. F Boston

Brigham, Henry W Dorchester

Bryant, Ira A So. Braintree

Brogan , James Boston

Brad}-, Thos. . . .• So. Weymouth

Britton, Wm. T Mansfield

Billam, John New York

Campbell , Jas

Carolin, W^illiam Boston

Clark, John Alsington

Collins, Wm. S Lowell

Chase, Ezra A

Conway, Thos. (discharged) . . .So. Boston

Cruse , Thomas Boston

Donnelly, John

Dorgan, Michael Roxbury

Eagan, Stephen H Boston

Emerson, Wm. D Vermont

Feenay, Patrick F So. Boston

Finnerty, Thos., (discharged). . .Roxbury

Flood, Stephen E Lowell

Furbush, Richard R., (discharged)

Charlestown

Gammans, George H., (discharged)

Charlestown

Getchell, Charles E Boston

Gilnian, Lyford, J New Hampshire

Gorham, George F Billerica

Crorham, John J

Gravlin, John B

Grant, Samuel Boston

Gray , Wm

Hall, Frank

Hanley , Dennis

Hale, George H Billerica

Hayes, Thomas Lawrence

Hancock, John Gloucester

iVIiNUTB Men of '6i

Harris, Thos So. Boston

Hii^oins, Danifl K Milford

Hill, JaiiifS Tvincoln

Ham, foster Hillerica

Holton , John

Hin.i^ston, Allan Boston

Johnson, Daniel R Milford

Kflly, Thomas New Jerst-y

Kt'lly, John A l^/Owell

Kimliall, Delavan New Hampshire

La Rochelle, Anthony- N. Brid.t^ewater

I^eonard, Matthias Roxbury

I^ittle, Ro1)ert Charle.stown

Locke, Ward Billerica

Lynch, Henry Haverhill

Marshall, Hermon Lowell

Manning, 'J'hos Billerica

Mahoney, Timothy J Boston

Messer, James M Charlestown

Molin, Bernard Gloucester

Minton, Martin .' Roxbury

Moran, I'atrick So. Natick

McNultv, Charles Roxburv

Murphy, Wm. H So. Boston

O'Brien, Kdward J

O'Brien, Theoljald M

O'Brien, John J Lowell

()dell, Thomas So. Bt)stf)n

( )'Reill_\', Francis I) I^owell

Pear.sons, Aaron J^ Roxburv

Ratchford, John D So. Boston

Reed, Jas. Ct., (deserted ) Lawrence

Riley, John Cambrid.iLie

Stewart, John C Billerica

Shephard, James W'., killed li\-

explosion of ,t;un

Short, W'm. K Lowell

Stodder, John H Charlestown

Savage, Henry H Boston

Sullivan, Philip,

Smithers, John B

Thompson, John M Fairhaven

Thompson , Patrick l\ Cambridg^e

Whitney, George S S. Braintree

Williams, Wm Milford

Minute Men ok '61

Gkn. Sa.mi'i;!. K. Chamhicrlaix. ]5arrc, Mas
Minute :Men of '61
Third Massachusetts U. S. VoUmteers

Samuel E. Chamberlain was born Nov. 28. 1S29.
at Centre Harbor, N. H., and was educated in the
public schools of Boston. He ser\-ed as an enlisted
man in the First United States Dragoons during
the war with Mexico, and took part in the storm-
ing of Monterey Sept. 21-23, 1846, and the battle of
Buena Vista. Feb. 22-23, 1847.

He afterwards served with Texan Rangers in
Sonora and Arizona in suppressing Apache out-
rages, employed by the Mexican Governor of Dur-
ango. In the fall of 1853 he was of Walker's expe-
dition to "extend the area of freedpm" in Eower
California, and participated in the affairs at I<a
Paz, San Thomas and L,a Ensinada.

On the breaking out of the Civil War he was, on
April 17, 1861, commissioned First I,ieutenant Com-
pany C, Third Regiment, M. 'V. M. This company

was raised in Cambridge, and was the first volun-
teer company in the United States for the war.
On his return from the three months' campaign he
enlisted as a private in the First ^Massachusetts
Cavalrj-. : was commissioned Captain Nov. 25. 1S61,
:Major Oct. 30, 1S62, Eieutenant-Colonel March 5,
IS64, Colonel .Sept. 30. 1864. and brevetted Brigadier-
( General for gallant .'uid meritorious ser\-ice in
covering retreat of Gregg's Division of Cavalry at
the disastrous battle of St. Mary's Church. V;i..
June 2^, 1864. He had fourteen horses shot in
battle, and was wounded seven times. Mustered
out in October. 1865. He served on the staffs of
Governors Bullock and Claflin as assistant Quarter-
:Master General with the rank of Colonel.
Died, 1908.

Minute Men of '61

Harrison O. Teiomas, Brockton, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Company I,, Third Regiment, M.V.M. Company D, 18th Mass. Vol.

"Citizen Thomas"

In a book piiblished by H. S. Crocker
& Co., of San Francisco, Cal., entitled
" Records of the Members of the Grand
Army," are mentioned those veterans who
were present at the National Encampment
in San Francisco, and among the many is
that of Mr. H. O. Thomas, of this city,
whose creditable war record as given
below, is very interesting:

H. O. Thomas was born in Wareham,

Mass. His occupations in life have been
clerk and merchant. Unlisted in New
Bedford City Guards, Compan}* I_^, Captain
Ingraham, Third Regiment, Massachusetts
Volunteer Militia, April 16, 1861, for three
months' service (called The Minute Men
of 1861,'") under the first call of President
Ivincoln for troops to .suppress the rebel-
lion; at the expiration of term of service,
he re-enlisted in Company D, (Captain
Stephen Thomas, Middleboro Company),

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Kighteenth Regiment, Massachusetts In-
fantry Volunteers, for three years,
assigned to the First Brigade, First Divi-
sion, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the
Potomac; participated in the siege of
Vorktown, Peninsular and Chickahominy
Campaigns entire. Cieneral Stoneman's
Detached Kxpedition, Battles of Antietam
(support of battery engaged), Shephards-
town Ford, Second Bull Run, and at
Fredricksbiirg. Va. In the latter battle he
was shot through the right arm, necessit-
ating the removal of broken bones and
causing the loss of use of arm.

In consequence of this permanent dis-
ability he was discharged from service. As
soon as recovery from wounds would per-
mit, he returned to the front as a citizen,
marching and camping with his old com-
rades and associates, and in time of battle
entering the Field Hospital and officiating
with such ability and noticeal)]e aptitude
as .to receive special praise from Surgeon-
in-Chief DeWitt and Surgeon-in-Charge
Thomas, of the First Division, Fifth Corps,
Field Hospital, all of which service he
rendered at his own expense; he became
known as "Citizen Thomas" — a sobriquet
bestowed upon him by his old comrades;
in this manner, without pav or an}- desire
for compensation, he served until the end
of the war.

He is a member of Fletcher Webster
Post, No. 13, G-A-R of Brockton, Mass.,
being the first member initiated into the
Post, July 16, 1867, from which time to
the present he has never severed his con-
nection with the Post.

[He is a member of the Association of
"Minute Men of '61;" Past President of
the P^ighteenth Massachusetts Regiment
of Volunteers As.sociation; he is a Knight
Templar; also a member of all the difTer-
ent Masonic Degree Lodges in the city of
Brockton, Mass.; Aleppo Temple, A. A.
()., N. M. Shrine, Boston; the Electric
Dodge, I. O. O. F., Banner Lodge, N. H.
(). P., and American Benefit Society, of
Brockton.]

On the reception and entertainment of
the Grand Army, at Boston, in August,
1890, Representative Thomas, ("Citizen
Thomas"), of the cit}' of Brockton, was
appointed by Speaker Barrett as one of the
Legislative committee.

• — Brockto)i Daily Enterprise.

Of the individuals booked for the first
transport and headed for Chili, Mr. H. O.
Thomas, of Brockton — " Citizen Thomas "'
— is eminent.

—Boston Journal, Jan. 19, 1S90.

He is Po.st Historian of Fletcher Webster
Post, No. 13, (;-A-R Brockton, Mass.,
since creation of the office, and compiler
and writer of per.sonal service sketches of
members and past meml)ers of the Post,
being assigned to the dutv in 1890.

Copy Oct. 25, 1905.

Monument to Roug-h Riders.

Copy, in part, from the ^"Brockton Daily
Enterprise, Brockton, Mass., September
21, 1898.

H. O. Thomas (" Citizen Thon>as " ) of
this cit}- who has lately returned from a
vacation in Kentucky, took part, while far
in the great Mammoth Cave, September
11, 1897, in erecting a monument of .stone
to "Colonel Ted(h- Roosevelt and his
Rough Riders." The monument bore
that inscription.

A p rty, of which "Citizen Thomas"
was a member, was making a trip in the
cave with " Jack " Sturgeon, the accom-
plished and popular guide employed by
the Mommoth Cave Company.

While there. Miss Kate Saxton Rey-
nolds, of Las \'egas. New Mexico, sug-
gested erecting a monument to the unique
cavalry regiment. "Citizen Thomas"
and C. T. DeCTarmo, of Mount Sterling,
Kentucky, assisted the young lady in lay-
ing the corner-stone with imposing cere-
monies. Others who took part in erecting
the monument were Mrs. Joshua Sax-
ton Reynolds, of Las Vegas, New Mexico,
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Perry, of St. Louis,
Missouri, and Mr. Leon A. Walker, of
Newark, New Jersey. (kiide "Jack"
,Sturgeon liecame interested in the work,
and contributed ably in it. His post office
address is, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky,
where he was employed as guide, and will
give special care and interest in the preser-
vation of the monument to Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt and his "Rough Riders."

The foundation, dedication and a good
beginning on the monument was made by
the party mentioned. The future build-
ing was left to others. As "Citizen
Thomas " says, " May they build carefully
and well."

It was indeed appropriate that one of the
party, "Citizen Thomas, " as a veteran of
the war of 1861-6.S, should take an interest
in the affair. His services in war, which
won for him his sobriquet, were as unique
as is the title given to Colonel Roosevelt's
brave regiment of cavalrymen in the late
war with Spain.

Minute~Men of '61

Major Austin S. Ci^shman. (Died Jan. 29, 1907.)

Minute Men of '61

Third Massachusetts Regiment M.V.M.

Major Austin Sprague Cushman of New
Bedford, was born in Duxbury, Mass.,
vSeptember, 9, 1827. On his mother's side,
his grandfather was Hon. Seth Sprague,
Sr., a prominent opponent of slavery.
The eldest son of Rev. \V. Cushman, D.D.,
first pastor of Bowdoin Square Church,
Boston, lineal descendant of Elder Thomas
Cushman, agent of the Pilgrims in 1620
who fitted out the Mayflower and the
Speedwell.

He prepared for college at the New
Hampton Academy ; entered Brown Uni-
versity while yet in his seventeenth year
and graduated in the class of 1848. He
served a year as a clerk in the War De-
partment at Washington, D. C, under
Hon. William Iv. Marey, and resigned to
study law in the office of his uncle, Hon.
Peleg Sprague, Judge of the United States
District Court in Boston. He aided Dr.
Stone in reporting the "Webster Trial"

Minute Men of '61

for Phillips & Samson, and was employed
b}- the United States District Attorney,
George Lunt, as a phonographer in the
Rescue cases under the Fugitive Slave Law
of 1850. In 1852 he became a private sec-
retary to President Fillmore, and at the
close of his administration was appointed a
Third Lieutenant in the United States
Revenue Service. He was admitted to the
Boston bar in 1854. Took up his residence
in New Bedford and became interested in
military matters ; was commissioned Third
Lieutenant Company L ( New Bedford City
Guards), Third Regiment M.V.M. In
1857 was the first in line to respond affirm-
ative!}' at the calling of the Company roll
in pursuance of the Governor's prelimi-
nary order for voluntary service outside
the State. On the evening of April 15,
1861, he casually learned that his Company
had been ordered to Boston, and hastened
to the armory at once. On entering Cap-
tain Ingraham inquired, "Is not a single
officer going with me?"

' ' Yes, ' ' responded Lieutenant Cushman ,
"Captain, I am going." In fact he was
the only officer who went and stayed and
returned with the Company from the time
it left the armory. He was promoted Adju-
tant of the Regiment April 17, and ren-
dered service at Fortress Monroe, Gosport

Navy Yard and Hampton, Va., during the
term of three months. He married in
October, 1861.

Yet in August, 1862 he recruited a com-
pany and was commissioned Captain of
Company D, Fortj^-Seventh Massachusetts
Infantry Volunteers ; was promoted Major
November 7, 1862. Served in the Depart-
ment of the Gulf and became a member of
the United States vSequestration Commis-
sion. Honorabh- mustered out September
1, 1863.

He resided from 1872 to 1880 in Switzer-
land where he educated his daughters.
He has held various civil offices, such as
United States Commissioner, United States
Register in Bankruptcy, Register of Pro-
bate for Bristol County, Member of the
Common Council and Presiilent of the
School Board ; and has been identified with
several social or fraternal organizations.
He joined the Grand Army of the Republic
September 25, 1866, and became the first
Post Commander in the New Fngland
S'ates, Provisional Commander of the De-
partment of Massachusetts, and was elected
the first commander of that Department.
He has held many prominent positions in
the order and chartered the first fifty-two
Posts in Massachusetts and the first in
New Hampshire.

Minute Men oe '61

IjiEUTENANT-CoLONEL CHARLES A. WHITE, Greeley, Colorado.

Minute Men of '61
Company A, Third Mass. Volunteers and Third N. H. Volunteers.

Brevet L/ieiitenant- Colonel Charle.s Au-
gustine White, born at West Deering,
N. H., September 19, 1836. Entered mili-
tary service, Company A, Third Massachu-
setts Volitnteer Militia Infantr}-, April 16,
1861. Mustered out July 22, 1861. Ser-
vice, Fortress Monroe, Hampton and Gos-
port Navy Yard. On May 23, assisted in
conducting into camp at Fortress Monroe
three slaves of Colonel Mallory of Vir-
ginia, who were later the subject of

General Butler's decision "Contraband
of War. ' ' These slaves had been em-
ployed on the rebel works at Sewell's
Point, Va., hence the decision. Re-en-
listed in Company A, Third New Hamp-
shire Volunteer Infantry, August 12, 1861.
Mustered as Third Sergeant, August 22; to
First Sergeant, June 1, 1863; Acting Sec-
ond Lieutenant, Company A, Juh' 31,
1863 to January 20, 1864; commissioned
Second I^^ieutenant, January 1, 1864; pro-

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tnoted to First Lieutenant, May 24, 1864,
and to Captain, November 9, 1864. Bre-
vetted Major and Ivieiitenant-Colonel
United States Volunteers to date from
March 13, 1865, for braverj' and meritori-
ous conduct on the battlefield. Attached
to Viele's First . Brigade, Sherman's South
Carolina Expeditionary Corps.

Expedition to Port Royal, S. C, Octo-
ber 21 to November 7, 1861; bombardment
and capture of Forts Walker, Beauregard
and Port RoA-al Harbor, November 7; act-
ing as orderly for General T. \V. Sherman,
commanding the expedition, during the
engagement, November 7; duty at Hilton
Head, S. C, till April, 1862; acting as
clerk in post adjutant's office on Etliste
Island, S. C, April 8 to June 1; on duty in
Assistant Adjutant-General's office Johns
and James Islands, June 1 to June 28.
Evacuation of James Island and movement
to Hilton Head, June 28 to July 4. On
picket July 2, about one and one-half miles
from Grimball's Plantation, James Island,
on main road to Charleston. Brought up
the rear in the evacuation of the picket
line, July 3. Duty at Hilton Head, S. C,
till April, 1863.

Expedition tip Broad River to Pocotaligo
October 21 to 23, 1862. Action at Caston
and Frampton's Plantations, Pocotaligo,
October 22.

Expedition against Charleston, S. C,
April 2 to 12, 1863. Assault on and cap-
ture of water batteries, Morris, S. C,
July 10. Assaults on Forts Wagner and
Gregg, Morris Island, and against Fort
Sumpter and Charleston till December.
Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg, Sep-

temlier 7. Acting as Post Adjutant on
Broad Island, vS. C, and commanding
Company A at Small Island, Hilton Head,
S. C, March 2, 1864. In Butler's opera-
tions on the south siile of James River and
against Petersburg and Richmond, May 4
to 23. Occupation of Bermuda Hundred
and City Point, May 6; Chester Station
May 6 to 7; Brandon Bridge, May 9; Swift
Creek, Arrowfield Church, May 9 to 10.
Operations against Fort Darling, May 12
to 16. Battle of Drury's Bluff, May 14 to
16; Bermuda Hundred, May 16 to 31.
Action at Bernuida Hundred, June 2;
Petersburg, June 9, Port Walthal, June
16 to 17. Siege operations against Peters-
burg and Richmond, June 16 to August 16,
1864. Demonstration north of James
River at Deep Bottom, August 14 to 16.
Severely wounded, August 16; Deep Bot-
tom, Minnie ball through right arm, enter-
ing right chest and passing through both
lungs, making exit below left shoulder
blade. Absent, disabled by wounds, till
February, 1865. Moverl to Fortress Mon-
roe, Va. Deft Fortress Monroe, Febru-
ary 14 and joined General A. H. Terry's
headquarters at Fort Fisher, N. C. , Febru-
ary 18. With headquarters till March 1,
then assigned to duty as Headquarter
Commissary Tenth Army Corps Depart-
ment of North Carolina. Capture of Wil-
mington, N. C, Feljruary 22. Smith's
Creek and Northeast P'erry P'ebruary 22.
Advance on Goldsboro, N. C, March 15
to 21. Capture Raleigh, April 14. Sur-
render of Johnson and his army. Dut}- at
Raleigh and Goldsboro till July. Mustered
out with Regiment July 20, 1865.

Minute Men of '61

Cai'TAIx William S. McFarlin, South Can-er, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. K, Third Regiment, M.V.M. I^ater Captain Co. C, 18th Mass.

April 15, 1861, in Massachusetts, the first
call for troops by President Lincoln to sur-
press the relaellion, was received b}' Gover-
nor Andrew bearing that date. He b3'late
trains and special night messengers for-
warded his orders to the different com-
manders of State Troops, ordering them
to report with their commands at Boston
ready for immediate departure and duty.

Midnight with orders in hand, found
Captain William S. McFarlin hustling his
little company of men together, to proceed
to the nearest railroad station about six
miles away — thence to be conveyed to
Boston by the earliest morning train, as
they were, and reported on Boston Com-
mon at ten o'clock.

After a term of service at the front, and
the performance of duties as "Minute
Men ' ' that to-day is acknowledged as
among the most important of the war.
Captain McFarlin and his company re-
turned home to Massachusetts, ' only to
return again to the front a little later, as
the nucleus of a full company of one hun-
dred and one men and offices, as Company
C, of the Eighteenth Regiment Massachu-
setts Volunteers,' later becoming as dis-
tinguished a company of men and officers
as served in the war from Massachusetts
as history justly records.

' ' Citizen Thomas ' '
March 14, 1910.

MiNiTK Men of '61

i'KA>.'Ci.s M. IJOBLE, Boston, Jlass.

Minute Men of '61

Third Massachusetts Regiment

Captain Francis Marion Doble was born
in Ivowell, Massachusetts, on the 17th of
August, 1838, but while in infancy with
his parents moved to the town of Sumner,
Oxford County, State of Maine. In the
spring of 1846 the family moved again to
the town of Lincoln, Penobscot County,
Maine, and settled on a farm. The boj-
was educated in the public schools of
Massachusetts and Maine, in the academy
at Lincoln Village, and later took a course
at Comer's Commercial College in Boston.

He came to Boston in the winter of
1856-7. In April, 1861, when President
Lincoln issued his first call for 75,000 vol-
unteers for three months' service he
was enrolled in Company C, of Cambridge,
raised by Captain and later Colonel James
P. Richardson of Cambridge, the first new
company that was raised for the war in the
United States, that went to the front
armed and equipped. It was organized at
the State House April 17, by electing
officers. They were as followss : James P.

Minute Men of '61

Second Lieutenant of Company B. Cap-
tain Knott V. Martin's company of Marble-',
head, to succeed Lieutenant John Goodwin,)
killed at the battle of Roanoke Island.,
The Twenty-Third served in the Depart-^
ment of North Carolina and three months'
at Hilton Head, S. C, and participated in
all the battles and skirmishes of the De-
partment. ',
In April, 1863, Lieutenant Doble served
as a member of a General Court Martial at,
Morehead City, N. C, and on May 6, was
commissioned First Ivieutenant of Com-
pany I, Twentj'-Third Massachusetts Vol-,
unteers. In September, the Regiment was
transferred to Newport News, Va., andi
during the winter of 1863-4 more than two-'
thirds of the men re-enlisted for three
j'ears more and were furloughed home for,
thiity days. Upon their return from fur-
lough they were encamped at Getty Sta--
tion, Va., and later were sent to Yorktown, ■,
Va., to form part of the Army of the'
James, Eighteenth Army Corps. They
participated in all the battles and skir-'
mishes in the Eighteenth Arm}- Corps, ,
including Cold Harljor, incident to the'
siege of Petersburg. On June 4, Lieuten-
ant Doble was detailed as Assistant Ordi-
nance officer to Captain Young of General:
Willi im F. (Baldy) vSmith's staiT and had
charge of and conducted the ammuni-
tion train of the Second Division of the
Eighteenth Army Corps, of fourteen wag-
ons, from Cold Harbor across the peninsula
to the James River and thence to the
assault on Petersburg, on June 16, 1864.
Lieutenant Doble was returned to his
Regiment a few days later and August 1, '
he was appointed Aid de Camp on the staff *
of General James Stewart, Jr., P'irst Bri-
gade, Second Division, E;i.hteenth Army
Corps. The brigade was sent to North
Carolina in September to muster out the
three 3 ears' men whose term of service had
expired. On September 20, 1864, Lieu- ;
tenant Doble was commissioned Captain,
and assigned to the command of Com-
panies C and L (consolidated ) Twenty- ■
Third Regiment. With his command he
performed outpost duty until March 2,
1865, when the troops of the Department
of North Carolina (Palmer's Division)

Richardson, Captain; Samuel E. Chamber-
lain, First Lieutenant; Edward F. Rich-
ardson, Second Lieutenant ; John Kinnear,
Third Lieutenant ; and Francis M. Doble,
Fourth Lieutenant.

The United States Army regulations al-
lowing only two lieutenants to a compan}%
John Kinnear and Francis M. Doble were
nnistered into the United vStates service as
first and Second Sergeants respectively.
The company was attached to the Third
Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Mili-
tia, Colonel David W. Wardrop command-
ing, and as soon as equipped embarked on
the steamer " S. R. Spaulding ' ' and sailed
for Fortress Monroe, where they arrived
on the morning of April 20. On the eve-
ning of the twentieth the Regiment was
again embarked on the United States steam
sloop of war, "Pawnee," and taken to
the Norfolk Navy Yard, where, with the help
of the sailors and marines, thej' completely
destroyed an"" burned the yard and ship-
ping, sunk the notorious frigate " Merri-
mac," which the Confederates afterwards
raised and converted into the terrible iron
clad ram that created such havoc among
our shipping in Hampton Roads one year
later.

On the morning of April 21, the Regi-
ment returned to Fortress Monroe having
the old sailing frigate "Cumberland" in
tow, assisted by the steam tug "Yankee,"
and bringing the crew of the recieving
ship "Pennsylvania," along. On April
23, the Third Regiment was mustered into
the United States service. The}' were em-
ployed during the three months' campaign
in guard and picket duty, mounting guns,
etc., and later garrisoned the town of
Hampton, Va., from which place they
made several expeditions l^y land and
water. On July 16, they were ordered
home and were mustered out July 22, at
Long Island, Boston Harbor.

Sergeant Doble soon alter enlisted in the
Twenty-Third Massachusetts Volunteers
and was appointed Orderly Sergeant of
Companj' I. The Twenty-Third formed
part of the Burnside expedition that sailed
from Annapolis, Md., in January, 1862, for
Roanoke Island, N. C. In November,
1862, vSergeant Doble was promoted to

Minute Men ok '61

started on the campaign to Kinston, N. C.
Some (lays later the Arm\- of the Ohio,
Major (jeneral John M. Schofield joined
them and assumed command. The eneni}'
was met at Wise's Forks, N. C, March 7,
and Captain Doble was wounded ( not
seriously ) while in command of the skir-
mish line. On the morning of March 8,
the enemy again attacked furiously and
Captain Doble was again wounded and
sent to the hospital at New-Berne, N. C,
where he remained but a short time and
returned to his Regiment, which was
mustered out June 28, 1865, and started
for home. Arriving in Boston earh' in
July, 1865.

Captain Doble returned to North Caro-
lina in September, 1865, and was tempor-
arily employed by Captain A. W. McKillop,

United States Army, Freedman's Bureau,
District of Kastern North Carolina. He
was married while living in North Caro-
lina and returned to Boston, 1867. He
was emploved in the Boston Custom House
some years, and at State Almshouse,
Tewksbury, Mass., and is now retired
police officer of the City of Boston. He is
a member of Benjamin Stone, Jr., Post 68,
G-A-R and General Joseph Hooker Com-
mand No. 9, U-V-I^ and the Sons of the
American Revolution. One grandfather
served in the War of 1812, and an uncle
James S. Doble (father's brother ) Fourth
United States Infantry. Killed August 26,
1846, Monterey, Mexico. His ancestry,
Knglish on both sides, came to this country
early in the Seventeenth century.

Minute Men of '61

Sergeant Frank S. Kklly

Minute Men of 'ol

Company !<, Third Mass. and Company D, Twenty-Second Mass.

On President Ivincoln's call for troops to defend
the Union he enlisted in Company I,, Third Regi-
ment, M.V.M., for three months. The Regiment
was sent to Fortress Moni-oe where he served
about two months. On the night of arrival at the
fort were marched aboard the gunboat, "Pawnee"
and went up to Norfolk, Va., Navy Yard, which was
destroyed. He participated in all the service that
the Company did. At the expiration term of en-
listment retvimed to Boston with the Regiment and
was mustered out. In Aug., 1S61, he re-enlisted in
Company D, Twenty-Second Regiment M.V.I. , for
three years, was .sent to Virginia, attached to Fifth

Corps in the Army of the Potomac, was all through
the Peninsula c;unpaign and following battles:
Gaines Mill. Hanover Court House, ,Savage Station,
Mechanicsville, Charles City, Cross Roads and
Malvern Hill. War in Pope's Campaign ; the
following battles, Gainesville, second Bull Run and
Centerville. Afterwards in the Maryland cam-
paign in command of company in the follow-
ing battles. South Mountain, Antietam, and
Sharps bay. in latter slightly wounded, and sent
to the hospital, discharged March 17, 1863. En-
listed as Corporal, discharged as First Sergeant.

Minute Men of '61

Silas P. Richmond. Assonet. Mass.,

Minute Men of '61

Colonel Third Mass. Regiment

Biographical Sketch of Colonel
Silas P. Richmond

Silas Peirce Richmond, onl\- son of Dea. Isaac
and I.,ucinda (Peirce) Richmond, was born in
Freetown, Mass.. June 19, 1.S31. He was educated
in the public schools of Freetown and at Peirce
Academy. Middleboro. Ma.ss., and was a farmer
until twenty-five years of ai=fe. His father and two
uncles were soldiers in the war of 1812-15, and his
.trrandfather and two .Erreat-uncles were Revolu-
tionary soldiers. " .Silas P. Richmond was the first
man to enli.st in Company G, Third Regiment.
Second Brigade, First Division, M.V.M. on June 8.
1850. and its first tour of duty was in the escort at
the funeral of President Taylor in Boston in 1850.
He was commissioned a I<ieutenant in same com-
pany in August. 1851 : and Captain in May, 1855.
AVas commissioned Major and Inspector of the
Second Brigade in J\Uy, 1856. In 1857-58 he was in
Kansas and served under John Brown in repelling
the border ruffians. In 1860 he was Captain and
A. D. C. on .staff of the General of the Second
Brigade, M.V.M. and .served in the escort of the
Prince of Wales in Boston and in the same capacity
he went to F"ort Warren and to Fortress Monroe as
a Minute Man in 1861. Was in the battle of Big
Bethel, Va., June 10, 1861. In 1862, as lieutenant
Colonel Third Regiment, M.V.M. he responded to
the call for reinforcements for General N. P.
Banks in Virginia. In September, 1862, he was
commissioned Colonel of the Third Massachu.setts
Volunteer and in six weeks recruited the Regiment
to one thousand and forty men, and commanded
the Regiment through all the campaigns in North

Carolina in 1S62(>.S. participating in the battles of
Kinston. White Hall. Goldsboro, Blounts Creek,
IJcep Gully and Gum Swamp. In September,
186,1. he was commissioned Colonel of the Fifty-
I'.ighth :\Iassachusetts Volunteers and recruited
lliat Regiment. The first eight companies of the
Regiment were ordered to the front in April, 1864
under the command of Ueutenant Colonel John C.
Wliiton, there not being a sufficient number of
men for the'niuster in of a colonel : and for that
reason no colonel was ever mustered in the Fifty-
F^i.ghth' Regiment.

Colonel Richmond was appointed Assistant
Provost Marshal 'General of the Department of the
-South in July. 1864. and sen-ed ;is sucli in North
Carolina. South Carolina and Georgia until
September, 1865. He was on the first United States
steamer which reached .Savannah when .Sherman
reached there on his march to the sea. And also
on the first United States steamer which landed at
Charleston, .S. C at the time of its evacuation.

At the age of twenty-one years Mr. Richmond
was elected auditor of the town of Freetown, Mass.,
and made the first printed financial report of the
town. He served on the board of school committee
of the town, and for eleven years he was chair-
man of the board of assessors. He ser\-ed as town
clerk seven years, and for ten years was chairman
of the board of selectmen of Freetown. He was
moderator at the annual town meetings for seven-
teen consecutive years, and he wrote the military
chapter in the history of Freetown. He was a
member of the Massachusetts Legislature in 1892,
and a delegate in the National Republican Con-
vention at ^Minneapolis. Minn., in the same year.
He was in tlie lumber business in Vermillion
County. Indiana, in 1867-68 and in the grain
business at Decator, Mich., in 1869-70. He ser\-ed
as an officer in the Massachu.setts State prison from
1872 to 1878 inclusive, and was deputy master at the
Bristol County house ot correction in 1879-82.
From 1882 to 1889 he was general travelling agent
of the Clark's Cove Guano Co.. of New Bedford.
Mass. He was president of the Bristol Company
Agricultural .Society in 1889-90. and from that time
for five years was engaged in managing and
settling estates. In 1896 he was appointed deputy
sheriff and court officer in the .Superior and .Su«
preme Judicial Courts in Bristol county, and now
holds that po.sition. For many years Colonel
Richmond was a member of the choir of the First
Christian Church in Assonet. Ma.ss.. and for
several years was one of the trustees of that
church. While living in Charlestown. Mass., he
sang in the choir of the Park .Street Church,
Boston.

S. P. Richmond owns and occupies the Rich-
mond homestead on Richmond road in Freetown,
Mass. The place was bought by his grandfather,
Samuel Richmond in 1775. and has never changed
hands except by inheritance. Colonel Richmond
has been a justice of the peace forty-five years, and
is also a notary public. He took the Master
Mason's degree in North Carolina in 1863, and
became a Knight Templar in 1865. He ■was the
.seventh member mustered into Post 1. Massachu-
setts G-A-R in 1866, and is a member of the Massa-
chusetts Commandery of the l,oyal Legion of the
United States of America.

:min-ute Men of '61

1"ki:k.man Iloi.Mics, Hridgewater- Mass.
Mimite Men of '61.
Company A. Third Massachusetts Re.E:inient.

J.\^i!;s "M. Swain. Brighton Di.strict. IJcstcn.

Minute Men of '61.
Mass. 29th. Mass. Vols, and 4th., Ma.ss. H. A.

Comrade Freeman Holmes was horn March 27.
1840. in Bridjjewatcr. Mass.. was one of the ' Minute
Men of 1S61." entering the service as a private in
Captain Joseph Harlow's company (A) of the Third
Kesriment. M.V.M.. Colonel David W. Watdrop of
New Bedford: mustered July 23. 1S61. (one week
after volunteerin,t>' and .serving).

This Resriment of Minute Men's service was
chicfi.N at Fortress Monroe, fiosport Navy Yard and
Hampton. Va. He participated in the services of
the Rej^riment. in the destruction of Gosport Nav.\-
Yard at Norfolk. Va. After expiration of term of
enlistment he returned to Massaclnisetts and was
discharued vvitli his Regiment at l/m.s: Island.
Botiton Harbor, July 22. 1861. He re-entered the
sciA'ice aprain. October 16. 1861. as .Sergeant in Com-
pan\ C. TwentN -Sixth Regiment, M.V.I. He par-
ticipated with tlie Tweuty-.Sixth Massachusetts
Regiment in their expeditions on the Mississippi
River, effcctivelx' accomplishing the breakin.g of
communication between I"orts Jackson and St.
Phillip and the citj' of New Orleans. il\ning tlie
bombardment of those forts.

Participated in the I.ouisi.ma Camp.iign. After
much service with tlie Nineteenth Corps in other
points of Virginia tlie Regiment en.gaged in the
battle of Winchester, Va.. September 19, 1864, where
Comrade Holmes was wounded and left the Regi-
ment. He was finally discharged November 7, 1864.
by reason of expiration of service.

James M. Swain was liorn in l,ynn, Mass., Octo-
l)er 16. 1842, was educated in the public schools. At
the a.ge of nineteen years he enlisted in Company I,
of Uyiin, Mass., 'William D. Chamberlain. Captain.
The coinpan>- joined the Third Massachusetts Regi-
ment at Fortress Monroe and served with distinc-
tion duriiLg three years, participating in many of
the leading engagements. He was discharged
April 19, 1864, and re-enlisted Augn.st 23. 1864, in
Company L,, Fourth Heavy Artillery, and was
honorably discharged at the clo.se of the war. He
immediately joined the I^ynn Fire Department,
eonlinuing with the same for a period of two years,
after which for over sixteen years he was engaged
in mechanical pursuits. October 8. 1881, he became
an officer in the .Suffolk County jail, under .SheriiT
John M. Cl.-irk. In 1895. he was appointed as
.Steward of the same in which cap;icit\- he is now
en. gaged.

Minute Men of '61

Theadork I^vman Boxnev, Hanson, Mass.

:^iillute Men of '61.

Co. A, 3d. Mass., Co. E- 32d. Regt. Ma.ss.

Born in Tannton. October 27, 1S36. Died in
Tnited States Army in Virginia, May 11. 1S63.

Hanson Po.st 127, G-A-R and Woman's Relief
Corps 146 adopted his name — Theadore layman
Bonney was lineal descendant of Ezekiel Bonney a
fifer and mvisiciaii 1775-17S1 in Revolutionary War.

The fact is troops who have fought a few battles
and won and followed up these victories improve
upon what they were before to an extent that can
hardly be counted by percenta,ge * * *

The same difference al.so is often due to the way
troops are officered— Gen. Qranl.

MoRTux V. Bo.vNEV, West Hanover, :\Iass. .'
:Minute Men of '61.
Company A. Third Massachusetts.
I^ater Captain in :\Iassachusetts Militia 12 years.

Mr. Bonney- is a native of Hanson and was born
March 8, 1841. He enlisted when the civil war
broke out in the Halifax Company. He was sent to
Virginia as a member of the Minute Men. On his
return from the south, after three months' service,
he re-enlisted in Company A, Third Massachusetts
Regiment, and served until 1863. He .saw consider-
able service in North Carolina.

Morton V. Bonney is one of the best known resi-
dents of Hanover. He probably holds the record of
consecutive G-A-R office holding in Massachusetts,
having been adjutant of Joseph R. Wilder Post for
the past thirty-eight years. Previous to that lie
held other offices in the post, and thus has ser\-ed
continuously as an officer for over forty years.

At the clo.se of the war Mr. Bonney joined the
Jlassachusetts State Jlilitia and ser\ed as captain
from 1865 to 1870. He has served as Adjutant of the
Plymouth County (;-.\-R association since it was
organized.

He was Assistant Postmaster at West Hanover
from 1861 to 1901, a period of forty years. He had
also served in several town offices, being a member
of the board of selectmen in 1869. and a member of
the school committee in Hanover from 1874 to 1882,
and town auditor from 1897 to 1907. He has always
been a republican, and .served in the Legislature
from the Hanover di.strict in 1.868. Miss Aurelia
Hall of Hanover married Mr. Bonney in 1871, and
they reside at West Hanover.

Minute Men of '61

Charles 1'. Iao.\. Halifax. Mass.

Minute Men of '61

First l.ieut. Co. A. Third :Ma.ss. Regiment

Charles P. l^yon. born in Halifax, Mass., August
11, 1824, and has resided in that town to the present
time. He joined the Halifax Light Infantry,
chartered by John Hancock in 1792, and .served in
the war of 1812, being commanded by Captain Asa
Thomp.son, who was .six feet, seven inches tall.
This company was also among the first to respond
to the call of the President, April 15, 1861. Lieuten-
ant Lyon at tli;it time held commission of .Second
Lieutenant, the company being commanded by
Captain Joseph ,S. Harlow. He was six feet, two
inches tall. Lieutenant Lyon .served three months
at Fortress Monroe and was at the destruction of
Gosport Navy Yard, at wliich time the 'Cumber-
land" was towed out by the I'nited .States gun-
boat "Pawnee."

In 1<S62 this company was again recruited by
Lieutenant Charles P. Lyon and Nathaniel Morton
and was joined by the Freetown Company forming
Company A, Third Regiment and went to the
front for nine months. Lieutenant Lyon com-
manding .'it that time. They proceeded to New-
Berne, N. C, and participated in the battles of
Kinston, Whitehall and Ooldsboro.

Elbridge G. Kemp, ("Died Jan. 22. 1902)

Minute Men of '61

Co. I. Third Massachusetts Regiment

Elbridge G. Kemp was born April 3, 1834, in
Marblehead, Mass. April 19, 1861, he enlisted in
Company I, Twenty-ninth M-V-M. He was taken
prisoner at Charleston, .S. C. Was in Anderson-
ville nine months : exchanged : came home on a
furlough : later was discharged for disability, but
as soon as able, re-enlisted in the Second Regiment
of Massachusetts Heavy Artillery ; was made
Lieutenant and served till the close of the w^ar.
Joined Post 5, G-A-R, April 1, 18S0. Died in Lynn,
Jan. 22, 1902. He was of Revolutionary stock, the
great grandson of John Rhodes Rus.sell, who was
with Glover's Regiment at Trenton, also great-
grand.son of Thomas Kemp who was one of the
"minute men" who juarclied from HoUis, N. H.,
April 19, 1775.

Minute Men of '61

Sa.mui:l IIuLMiiS DoTK.x. I'lymoutli, Ma^^.

Minute Men of '61

Third Mass. Regiment. Major 29th Regiment.

Major Samuel Holmes Doten was a native of old
rlymouth, Mass., where he was born June 5, 1812,
and so humorously claimed that he served in the
infantry in the war of that date. Both liis parents
were of the original Maj'fiower stock of 1620, his
father being in direct descent from Sir Edward
Doten of the English navy, and his mother in the
sixth generation from William Bradford, the Pil-
grim Governor of Plymouth Colony. His father
was First Eieutenant of t)ie privateer "George
Eittle" of Boston in the war of 1M2, and two .sons,
Samuel H. and Charles C. were botli Captains in
the war for the Union.

Major Doten began active life as master of the
packet, "Atlanta, " on line between Plymouth and
Boston, When, after some years, he left seafaring
he went into tlie lumber business quite extensively,
following it for many years, at the same time
being active and prominent in the civil and politi-
cal life of his native town.

When the Civil War broke out, and his brother
on April 16, 1861, marched away the Standish
Guards, Major Doten at once set about raising
another conipany, and was the first man in the
town to volunteer for " three years of the war."
The Plymouth Rock Guards were quickly enlisted
and among the first three years' men accepted by
the government. With Captain Doten as their
commander, they were sent to Fortress Monroe
and attached to the Third Mas.sachusetts Regiment
of three months' troops, thus becoming a part of
the Minute Men of '61. After the Third returned
home Captain Doten 's command, with three other
companies, formed the Massachusetts Battalion,

SerGT. JohX KIXN-EAK, Caiuhiiilyc, .\la^^.

ISIinute Men of '51
Third Mass. Captain 30th Regt. Mass. Vols.

John Kinnear was born November 24, 1836, and
was educated in the public schools of Cambridge.
( ;)n the breakin.g out of the Civil War. he was on
.A.pril 17, 1861. commissioned as Third Lieutenant
in Company C, Third Regiment, M.V.:M. On arriv-
ing at Fortress Monroe, only two lieutenants were
allowed to a company. He then resigned, and
became P'irst Ser.geant. This Company was raised
in Cambridge, and was the first Volunteer Com-
pany in the United States for the war, he was the
first man to sign the roll, and is therefore, the first
volunteer in the United States, He afterward
became Captain of Company E. Thirtieth Massa-
chu.setts.

which was sub.sequently supplied with other con -
panics and made into the Twenty-Ninth Jlassachu-
.setts, one of the best fighting and hardest worked
regiments from the old Bay State. They were
assigned to the Army of the Potomac, and, under
McClellan, fought in the Peninsular campaign from
Fair Oaks to ^Malvern Hill and Harrison's I,,and-
ing. Sharing the fortunes of that army they were
in many subsequent engagements, until assigned
to General Grant's command at Vicksburg, being
the only Massachusetts regiment to participate in
that memorable siege. Captain Doten was absent
from the Regiment but twice during the war, hav-
ing been ill with typhoid fever at Harrision's
I,,anding and again suffering with malarial fever
while in the west, but missed none of the fighting.
He was honorably discharged at the expiration of"
his three years' term of enlistment, and brevetted.
Major for gallant and meritorious services dur-
ing the war. He was Past Commander of Post
67, G-A-R and a prominent Mason and Odd Fellow..
Died 1909.

Minute Men of '61

SiMKiiN 11. Barrows. So. WeyincuUi, Mass.

Minute Men of '61
Tliird M;iss. Twenty-Ninth Re.st. Mas.s. Vols.

Simeon H. Harrows was born in Carver. Mass.'
March, 1.S28. Moved to Pl,\mouth in 1S49 ; enlisted
at Pl.Ninouth, 1.S61. for the Third Massachusetts
Infantry Minute Men three months, then the First
Battalion Infantry, then in Company E. Twenty-
Ninth ;\Iassaclni.'-etts Infaritry ; was at the battle of
I5i,tr Bethel, wounded at Hampton, Va., while on
picket, was taken to the Regiment hospital for
three days, was sent to the General Hygiene
hospital, where he was more than a month, wh.ere
his wound, shot through the hand, was only
dressed, not operated upon and he laid there and
suffered all a man could and live, more than a
month, until his Captain, who was away, sup-
posing he was cared for. rrrived at Newport News.
His first nuA'e was to look after him : he saw how
he was. could not live but a short time there in that
shape, and in less than three hours he had him
carried aboard the steamer "Spaulding" for home;
he could not be moved on the cars : the Captain
tried very hard to save his life and he did.
He lived to .get home, was operated upon and im-
proved and went back to his Re.giment w-ith the
use of only one hand. He went from there to the
Hygiene hospital as steward: detailed on the gun-
boat, "White Hall." on the ni.ght of the eightii of
March to help discharge the "Minnesota"; was on
the boat and met the "Cheese Box" on a raft early
on the ninth ; it was named by one of his crew.
Two men were killed on the "'vi'hite Hall" ; he was
on the ambuhance train that ran night and day to
take the wmnided as they fell out. and carried
them to the Hygiene hospital where they could be
cared for through the .seven days' fight. .Soon after
that blood poison set in with the loss of the use of
both hands, the cause neglect of wounds ; never
was off duty until he was wounded ; all this by
neglect of wound or surgeon : he has suffered ever
since with ulcers all over him, and he still lives,
and .so does Major Doten. 87 years old : his good
deeds like that keep him with us and able to move
around with us. S. Hi'- Barrows was discharged at
Fortress Monroe June 12. 1863.

1st l,n;iT. OSCAR K. \\'.\shburn. Brockton. :\Iass.

Minute Meii of '61

Third Massachusetts Regiment

I^ieutenant Washburn's Company A. arriveil at
Fortress Monroe, V;i.. on the afternoon of April 20,
1.S61. After unslinging equipments, resting a short
time and partakin.g of rations were at once ordered
aboard the United .States steamer "Pawnee," just
sent down from Washington, and proceeded to
Norfolk. Va.. to help destroy the Navy Yard at that
place. This accompli.shed. the Company returned
to the Fort, assisting in .garrison dut>- until
ordered to Hampton. Va.. about the middle of June,
1861.

While at this latter place. I^ieutenant Washburn
was actin.g as Officer of the Guard, on the very
night that the three first slaves of the South,
entered the Union lines and gave themselves up.
lyieutenant Washburn turned them over to Eieuten-
ant Grebble, then Officer of th.e Day, who was the
first regular army officer killed in the Civil war,
he delivering them to General Butler's head-
quarters. A day or two after, the owner came to
the General and demanded the return of his
property, but General Butler declined to give thenr
up, stating they had been employed on the Con-
federate fortifications, and must be considered
contraband of war.

Minute Men of '61

sei-vice in the attack on l-'ort Ste:idniaii. Va.. March
25. 1865: and by (Hre:.ti(in of the Piesitlent was
awarded a Medal of Honor for most distinguished
gallantry in action at I'ort Steadnian. Va.. March
25, 1865. in serving with other volunteers, a prc-
vionsly silenced and abandoned gun. mounted en
barbette, at Port Haskell, being exposed to a gall-
ing fire from the enem\ 's sharp-.shooters.

Major Deane's military service was a varial)le
one. It took him into thirteen different states.
He fought in the Second. I'ifth. and Ninth Army
Corps; with the Arni\- of the Potomac, and with
the Army of the Ohio. His discharge paper gives
him the credit of having been engaged in twenty
battles.

He joined Richard Borden Post No. 46. (J-A-R of
Fall River, Mass.. in 1885. and has .ser\-ed five years
as Post Commander. He was a National Aide-de-
Camp in 1890 ; Assi.stant National Inspector in 1894;
Department Aide-de-Camp in 1888.1894, and 1900;
:\Iember of the Department Co\mcil of Administra-
tion in 1889 ; Chief Mustering officer of the depart-
ment in 1890 ; Assistant Quartermaster-General in
1892; Junior Vice Department Commander in 1895;
Senior Vice Department Commander in IS9b and
Department Commander in IS97.

J'-.HX M. Deaxe. I-'all River. Mass.

Minute Men of '61

I.ieut. 3d, Mass. Maj. 29th. Regt. Ma.ss. Vcls

John M. Dear.e. was born at Assonet Village.
T^reetown. Mass.. January 8. 1840. His grandfather.
Thomas Andres, was a soldier of the Revolution.
He enlisted in the As!3onet I,ight Infantry, Com-
pany (;. Third Regiment. .'September. 1858; was ap-
pointed Sergeant and Company Clerk. Augu.st 1860 ;
elected Third I^ieutenant. September. 1860. He re-
sponded to President lyinccln's first call for troops
April 15. 1861. and served three mciiths at Fortress
Monroe, Va., as Second I.ieulenant of his cciBpan\ .
He took part in the destruction of the Norfolk Nav\
Yard, and was for a few weeks in command cf the
guard kept at Fort Calhoun (The Ril) Raps)
Hampton Roads.

He was apiioir.ted Second L,ieutenant in the
Twent\-Ninth Regimer.t. :\Iassachu.<-etls Vcluii-
teers, June 1. 1862; First I^ieutenant. Deceml er 2'J.
1862; Adjutant, Novemher 1, 1863; Captain, Jure 8
1864 ; and :\Iajor, May 15. 1865. He served as Post
Adjutant at Paris. Ky., from April to August. 1S63.
and was on detached service at the Draft Rendez-
vous. Boston Harbor, from September. 1863. to :\Iay.
1864.

He served on the staff cf JIajor-General O. B.
Wilcox from April until his muster out in August.
1865, being appointed Provo.st Marshal of the First
Division Ninth Army Corps. April 25. 1865 ; Provost
Marshal of Georgetown. D. C. May 20. 1865; and
Provost Marshal and Pass Officer. District of Wasli-
ington, July 11, 1865.

He was comnjissioned Major of United States
Volunteers, by Brevet, for gallant and meritorious

George W. Wheelock. Boston, (died May 2, 1902

inute en of '61.
Company C. 3d.. Mass. Fifth Mass. Li ght Battery.

Minute Men of '61

Da\ii) W. UruiiAXK (deceaseil). Neponset.

Minute Men of '61

ConipanN B, Third Reyinient. M.Y.M.

In the death of Comrade Seryeant David W.
Burbank of Pl.\ month, his old associates will feel
deep sorrow. Comrade Burbank responded to the
first call of the President April, 1S61, and served
faithfully in Company B, Third Regiment. M.V.INI
(Standish Cuards). commanded by Captain C. C-
Doten. He was one of the first to enlist in Com-
pany K. Twenty-'i'hird Re.Eriment M.V.I in Septem-
ber, 1861. for three .\ears. He was a reliable .soldier.
Always ready and willinir to do his duty in camp,
on the march, or picket, and the battlefield. Re-
spectful to his superior officers, kind and consider-
ate towards his subordinates, and loved by all.
Owin,ij' to disabilit.\ contracted in line of ilnty from
active military service in the field, he was trans-
ferred to the veteran reserve corps in April, 1S64,
and performed duty as a subordinate officer on
board a hospital steamer conveying paroled and
discharged prisoners. His funeral services at Ne-
ponset, November 10,1908,were conducted by G-A-R
Posts of Dorchester, of which he was a worthy
comrade. Sergeant Burbank was a son of the late
David and Susan Burbank of Plymouth, and resided
in Plymouth, until 1S61. He was .seventy-three
years of age at his death, leaving a wife, and three
(laughters.

Ch.a.s. p;. B.\r.xks, Pl.\montli (Died Jan. 4, 1902)

Minute Men of '61

Third ]Massacluisetts Re.triment

Charles E. Barnes, born in Plymouth. Mass.,
Octoher31, 1840 ; his descent on his mother's side
bein.g in direct line from Elder William Brew.ster,
tile religious teacher of the Ma\flower Pil.grims.

When the .Standish Guards. Company B. Third
Regiment, M.V.M. assemble. 1 in their arnior\- on
the morning of April 16. IShl.to resijond to the
order from Governor .\ndrew. for service to the
government against armed rebellion, IVIr, Barnes,
though not a member of the militia, took a musket
from the gun rack and fell in. thus niakin.g himself
the first volunteer from tlie town, and becoming
actually ,i Minute Man.

.\fter returning from tlie three months' cam-
paign at Fortress Monroe and vicinit>'. lie was en-
gaged in mercantile pursuits until .•\ugust, 1862,
when he again enlisted, in Company G. Thirty-
Fiighth Massachusetts Infantr\ Volunteers, under
Captain Charles C. Doten, his former commander,
by whom he was appointed .Sergeant, and at a
later date in Eouisana was promoted to the First
.Sergeantcy of his company. The .service in that
malarial climate was peculiarly trying and so
seriously undermined his health that after two
severe sicknes.ses he was obliged to accept a dis-
charge and left the regiment, much to the regret of
his officers and comrades.

Mr. Barnes repre.sented his town in the Legis-
latures of 1877-78, was President of the Plymouth
Co-operative Bank, a Past Noble Grand of May-
flower I^odge of Odd Fellows, and a Past Com-
mander of Collingwood Post. No. 76, <i-A-R of
Plymouth, from which he was frequently sent as
delegate to the National Conventions of the Grand
Army.

At the time of his death January 4, 1902, he was
Assistant Quarter-Master General of the Depart-
ment of Massachusetts, G-A-R.

MixrTK Mks of '61

Captain Sajiuel C. Wrk;ht. South Boston.
Minute 'Sleu of '61
3d. Jla.';;;. Resrt, 29th, Regt. :\Ia.ss. Vols.
Samuel C. Wri.irht. first enlisted in Compan\ E.
Third Massachu.setts Infantry, later .served in First
Massachu-^etts EaUillion Infantry, then in Com-
pany E. Tvi'enty-Xinth !Massachusetts Infantry, and
in'one engra,!jement with One hundred and Twenty-
Ninth Ohio Infantr\-. Participated in the following
battles : Big Bethel, Warwick Road, Hampton, Nor-
folk, Gaines Mills, Peach Orchard, .Savajre .Station,
\\liite Oak .Swamp, Glendale, Malvern Hill, second
Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, .Snickers
Gap, Fredericksburff, Vicksbiu"?:. Jackson, Blue
Springs, Hough's Ferry, Campbells Station,
Fort Saunders, Knoxville, .Strawberry Plain,
Tolopotmy, .Shady Grove Road, Bethesda Church,
Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Crater, Walker's Ford.
"Wounded five times, twice reported dead, twice
proiTioted on the field, and given a medal from
Congress " for gallantry in action," was in char,ge
of Rebel Prisons at Paris, Ky. At the retreat from
Strawberry Plains to Knoxville, E. Tenn., he
<iragged himself between the Rebel and Union
Skirmish line for a distance of thirteen miles with
the bones protruding through one of his legs.
Was one of the squad of twelve men to capture at
great risk of life the noted rebel spy, Thomas
Campbell (and others) who was hung by orders of
Generals Burnside, and Tazewell. E. Tenn., made
color bearer for life by Regimental Association,
held rank of Colonel on staff of National Com-
mander I'-V-U. Served on staff of Department
Commander G-A-R of Massachusetts.

Is.\.ic Otis Willev, Lynn, Mass.

:Minute :\Ien of '61

Third Massachusetts Regiment

Isaac O. Willey was born in Hartford. Conn.,
Februar\- 20. 1.S40 : moved to .Strafford, N. H., when
\'oun.g. Went to I.,ynn in 1S60. was there when the
war broke out, enlisted in an independent com-
pany he rai.sed in I,ynn, April 19. 1861 ; was sent to
I'-ortress Monroe early in JIa.v and joined the Third
Massachusetts, stationed there. At the expiration
of the three months' service of the Third this
Company with several other JIassachusetts com-
panies was made into a Regiment and nmubered
Twenty-Nine, he served with this Regiment until
November, 1S62, when he was transferred to I<i,ght
Battery L,, Fourth United .States .'Vrtillery, for the
unexpired term of his service.

He participated in all the marches and battles of
that famous organization: was at the battles of
Hatnpton Roads, Joiner's Ford, at the seige of
Suffolk and was with the column that raised seige
by .Sortie after thirty-four days' seige and several
other smaller affairs was finally discharged May
22, 1864. Is now a patrolman on the Lynn Police
force.

Minute Mkn of "61

Wii.LAM P. Green, Iv.\nii, :Mass.

Minute Men of '61.

Co. I. 3d, Mas.';. Co. B, 4th, Ma.ss. H. A.

William I'. Creen, born in Nevvlniryport, Mass.
1842, enlisted at I.ynn, April 19, 1,S61, in Captain
Chamberlain's Company, which joined the Third
M-V-M at Fort Monroe. When the Third came
home at expiration of three months, the Company
joined othei Massachusetts Companies stationed
there, which formed the neucleus of what was
afterwards the TwcTity-Ninth Massachusetts Volun-
teers, lie served in all the canipai.a:ns of that Regi-
ment until I'ebruary 21, 1S63, when he was
di.scharRcd for disability.

lie re-cnlisted in Company I!, l^'ourth Massachu-
setts Heavy Artillery, Ausrust 6, 1864, promoted
Sergeant. September 1, 1864. He served with this
Kegimenl \intil the close of the war and was finally
discharged June 17, 1865. He returned to I^ynn and
engaged in shoe manufacturing business. He
belonged to and was prominent in a number of
local .societies, he was a hard working member of
Post Xo. .=;, (;-A-R.

Otis Rogers. Campello. Mass.

Minute Men of '61

hi. Co. H, 3d Mass., Capt. 23d R-jt. M.V.M .

Otis Rogers, born in I'l\-mouth. Mass.. June
1832. of Revolutionary ancestors, educated in the
public schools: enlisted in Co, B, (Staiidish
Guards) Third M.V.M. ; served as Private and
.Second Sergeant, commi.ssioned Second lyieu tenant
June. 1S39. Re.sponded to first call of President
I.incoln April 15. 1S61, wa? at destruction of
Norfolk Navy Yard on April 19-20. Stationed at
Fortress Monroe and Hampton, Va., commissioned
First I^ieutenant April 22. 1861. mustered out by
reason of expiration of .service July 22, 1861. En-
listed .September 6, 1861 for three years, commis-
sioned First I.,ieutenant and assigned to Com pany
K- Twenty-Third Regiment M.V.M. for which he
had assisted in recruitin.g. First active service in
Burnside expedition. In their successful capture
and occupation of Roanoke Island and New Berne,
N. C, February and March 1862. In October of that
year was transferred to the command Company H,
at the battles of Kinstou, Whitehall and Golds-
boro, N, C, December, 1862. Commissioned
Captain December 29, 1862, again assigned to
Company F (original Company) which he com-
manded until mustered out at expiration of service
October 13, 1864. Was in all the engagements of
the Regiment. Appointed Military Instructor at
House of Reformation .September, 1875, organized a
Batalliou of six companies (minor.s) armed and
eciuipped. Resigned .September. 1878, Justice of
the Peace since July, 18S5. Residence, Brockton,
Mass.

Minute Men 'of '61

Capt. Charles C. Dotkx. Plymouth, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

3d Mass. Regt. 3Sth Mass. Vols.

Captain Charles Carroll Doten, of the
Third and Thirty-Eighth Massachusetts
Regiments, was born in old Pilgrim, Ply-
mouth, April 9, 1833. He was educated as
a civil engineer, and in 1858 was engaged
in general surveying in the territor\- of
Minnesota, then overrun by the Sioux
Indians, among whom he was located,
and there experienced the roughness and
romance of frontier life. On his return to
Massachusetts he took up telegraphy, fol-
lowing it as operator and manager for
fifteen years. He was in command of the
Standish Guards, Company B, Third Regi-
ment, M.V.M., at the breaking out of the
Civil War, and at three o'clock in the
morning of April 16, 1861, written orders
reached him on President Lincoln's call
for troops. B}- early train the same morn-
ing he reported in Boston with the Ph-
niouth Company of Minute Men of '61, and
four daj'S from that time, with his Com-
pany and . Regiment, took part in the
destruction of Norfolk Navy Yard and the
rescue of the United States frigate, " Cum-
berland," these Massachusetts soldiers of

the Third Regiment being the first state
troops to pass within the lines of the
Southern Confederacy', confront reljel bat-
teries, and commit acts of war on the soil
of a southern state.

In 1862 he raised and commanded Ct)m-
pany G, Thirty-Kighth Massachusetts Vol-
unteers, serving in the Department of the
Gulf, and at the battle of Bisland, La.,
where thirty-three per cent of the men he
took into action were killed or wounded,
he received special commendation from
Generals Banks and Emory for courage
and coolness. Later, at Opelousas, he was
ordered into the Department Telegraph
service, from wdiich, on account of a pul-
monary trouble, he was honorably dis-
charged May 20, 1863.

He was elected to the Massachusetts
Legislatures of 1865 and 1866 as repre-
sentative from the Plymouth district, and
served both years on the committee on
Military AiTairs.

In February, 1898, he was appointed by
Governor Wolcott a member of the State
Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners,
a position for which by education and
experience he was deemed well qualified.
He was re-appointed by Governor Wolcott
for the full term of three years from
July 1, 1899.

For the past twent3'-eight years Captain
Doten has been the editor of the "Old
Colonv Memorial," the leading weekly
newspaper of southeastern Massachusetts,
and of which he is now also the sole pro-
prietor. He is a comrade of Post 76
G-A-R and prominent as a Mason, an Odd
Fellow, and in other fraternal and benevo-
■ lent organizations.

Minute Men of '61

Uf.-njamix S. AtwooI). Wliitnian, ilass. C",i;or(;i-; D. Willia:\i.s. Freetown, :Mass. (deceased^

Minute Men of '61 Minute Men of '61

Co. H, 3d Mass. Regt.. Serst. Co. B, 3d M.V.M., 9 ni. 3d, Mass. Cautaiu 29th, Massachusetts A'ohuiteers.

Comrade Atwood was one of the liveliest "Minute
Men of '61," gettin.e the call in the earb' morning
of April 16, hitchiii.g up his horse and starting be-
fore breakfast to help fill the ranks of Company H.
of Plympton, in the Tliird Regiment, Colonel D.
W. Wardrop. He went with the Regiment to
Fortress Monroe, took part in the destruction of
Norfolk Navy Yard, afterwarils doing lots of work
in remounting guns of the fort, and in fatiguing
guard duty at Hampton, \'a. After the three
months' service he was commissioned by Governor
Andrew as First l.ieutcnant and recruited the
Plympton company to over fiftj' men, ready for
any call. Finally, when nine inonths' men were
wanted he enlisted in Company B, of the Third
Tiegiment, Colonel Silas P. Richmond, being ap-
pointed .Sergeant. The Regiment served in North
Carolina, and was in several fights, in which Com-
rade Atwood proved himself not only a good
soldier, but a "non-com," who could comprehend
and execute orders as well as if he had worn
shoulder straps, usually holding position at the
right of his Company, and acting orderly Sergeant
every time there was a fight or a hard march.

He is a prominent and popular citizen of Clnit-
man, in which town he owns and runs a large
steam lumber mill, and is extensively engaged in
the manufacture of all kinds of wooden boxes,
"victor " castors, and shoe racks. He is connected
with various local organizations, a member of Old
■Colony Commandery of Knights Templars, of
Abington, and is known all through Plymouth
County among men and Masons, as a capital good
fellow.

The above is furnished by a comrade who served
with him.

Captain f'.eorge D. Williams was born January 9,
1824. at A.ssonet Village, Freetown, Mass. He re-
ported for duty April 15, 1861, and served three
months as Sergeant in Company G. Third Regi-
ment, :\I.V.M at Fortress Monroe, Va. He was
present at the destruction of the Norfolk Navy
Yard. Re-enlisted as Sergeant in Companj- F,
Twenty-Ninth Massachusetts Infantry in Decem-
ber, 1S61, promoted to Second Lieutenant, January
27, 1<S63; to First Lieutenant, May 21, 1864, and to
Captain, June 8, 1864. Mu.stered out Aiigu.st 11,
1865. At the battle of Malvern Hill, Va., he volun-
teered to take a message to another Regiment, that
reciiiired him to cross an open field in full view of
the enemy, exposed to their murderous fire. He
walked over and back in the coolest manner pos-
sible, winning praise from his commanding officer.

At the liattle of Fort Steadman, Va., before day-
li.ght a rebel oflicer seized him by the throat, threw
him to the .ground and took his sword. In turn, he
knocked the rebel down, recovered his own sword,
took that of his antagonist and marched him to
headquarters 'a prisoner. The captured .sword
which he brought home was marked "Charleston,
1776." Captain 'Williams was always to be found
on the firing line. He was wounded in the left
arm at Poplar Grove Church, Va., August 49, 1864.
He died March 9, 1902.

Minute Men of '61

(',kok(;e H. Shaw. Middleboro, Mass.

Miiuite Men of '61

Co. K, 3d Ma.s.s. Corp. Co. B, 3d Mass. Regt. 9 mos,

William D. Ch.\mberlaix. (Decea.sed).

Minute Men of '61

Co. I. 3d. Mass., Capt. 29th. Regt. Mass. Vols.

George H. Shaw was born in Carver,
August 24, 1834, a son of Unus and Dicy
(Allen) Shaw. He came from good old
fighting stock, his grandfather on his
mother's sine Captain Jacola Allen, having
served in the Revolutionary war, and being
killed at the battle of Stillwater. His son,
Timothy, a mere lad, attended his father
during his ser\ice, enlisting before the
close of the war. Mr. Shaw's great-grand-
father on his father's side was captain of a
company in the Revolution, and his grand-
father, Joseph Shaw, was in the war of
1S12. At the time of President I/incoln's
first call for three hundred thousand men,
Mr. Shaw was a member of Captain W. S.
McFarlin's Company K, Third Regiment,
M.V.M.

William D. Chamberlain, born in Salem,
1S19, educated in the public schools.
Moved to Lynn, 1839. Commissioned
Major vSecond Artillery Fourth Brigade,
Second Division, M.V.M August 13, 1852.
At the breaking out of the Civil War he
raised a Company and was made its Captain
April 19, 1861. Promoted Major C. S.
United States Volunteers, Department of
the Gulf, April 25, 1864 ; mustered out,
Octolier 16, 1865 ; returned to Lynn.
Prominent in a number of civic societies,
among which he reckoned as one of the
dearest, the G-A-R . He was a member of
Post 5, and was for a number of years its
chaplain.

Minute Men of '61

KuwAKi) T- Chandler. Smnerville. Mans.

Minute' Men of '61

3d Mass. Kegt. 22d :\I.V.M.

Kdwavd T. Chandler was lioni in Lexinuton.
Mass., I'ebruary 28. 1S40. He was one of the first
to enlist from the town of L,exingrton. in Company
C. Third M.V.M.. the first company org-anized in
the I'nited States for tlie war.

The service rendered at Fortress Munroe b\-
Company C, was of such importance, that Colonel
Dimick. of the United States Army. Commandant
of the Fort, .trave it si>ecial notice.

Re-enlisted August 10. 1S61 in the Twenty-Second
Regiment for three years and was discharged at
the expiration of the term of service. He was a
private (hiring the whole of his service and partici-
pated in the following engagements, Destruction of
the Norfolk Navy Yard the night of April 20. 1861,
Yorklown, Fair Oaks, Hanover Court House,
Seven Days before Richmond, (lettysburg,
Antietam and the Wilderness, where I'e was
womided in the .second day's fight.

At the close of the Civil War he was connected
with the N. Y., & N. E. R. R., afterwards a clerk
in the ITnited States Navy Yard for eleven years.
an<l for twenty-four years has carried oil the
M;ister Painting bu.siness.

He is a tnember of the Sons of the American
Revolution and Post 11, G-A-R., Massachusetts
Aide de Camp on the National and Department
Staff.

He is son of the late Major General Samuel
Chandler of Lexington, who was First I.ieutenant
in the Ninth United States Infantry in the war of
1S12 and 1S14 and was in the Siege of Fort Erie
I.undy's l,aiie and Chippewar Plains His grand-
father, John Chandler held a commi.ssion as

Cornet" of His Majesty's Blue Troop and was in
the Colonial Wars, although he held a commission
under the Royal (Governor he was not fal.se to his
native colony. He was a member as well as his
son John Chandler 2nd of that noble band of
Patriots who resisted the power of England on
I<exiiigtoii Green. April 19, 1775. Four of his sons
were in the service, three were wounded and one
was taken prisoner at the Second Bull Run and
paroled on the field.

Sylvanxts Boukne, Halifax. Mass.
Minute Men of '61.
Company A, Third Massaclursetts Regiment

S^'lvaiuis Bourne was liorn in Halifax,
Mass., April 4, 1,^'39. He joined the Old
Halifax company. Company A, Third
Res^iment, MA'.M., about 1856, went to
Fortress Munroe, Norfolk and Hampton,
Va., with the company April 16, 1861.
He has been elected and served his native
town as Selectman fourteen years, in 1909
was re-elected as Assessor for term of
three years which will complete his twenty
years service in that office. His brother,
William N. Bourne served as Sergeant,
Company I), Fifty-Eighth Massachusetts
Regiment Volunteers during the 'entire
term of that Regiment's service. His
grandfather, Newcomb Bourne served his
country in 1778 and again in^l780.

Minute Men of '61

William G. Davis. New Bodfcnl, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Company I^. Third Massachtisftts.

Wa.s born in Westport, Mass, June 14,
1S39.

He volunteered in Company L, Third
Regiment Massachusetts Militia, April 25,
1861, as private and went to Fortress Mon-
roe for three months, and took part in des-
troy ing the Navy Yard at Norfolk, Va.
The Regiment remained at Fortress
Monroe until July 12., 1861 ; was mustered
out and returning to Massachusetts he
again enlisted in Company D, Twenty-
Third Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer
Infantry, on September 19, 1861 ; for three
years and was mustered into the United
States Service on Septeiuber 28, 1861, as
private, and was promoted Fourth Sergeant
before they left the state. He received the
appointment of First Sergeant, October 4,
1863. He also received a commission from
John A. Andrews, Governor of Massachu-
setts ; dated October 14, 1863, as P'irst
Lieutenant, and also as Captain, dated
November 14, 1864 ; was mustered out
June 25, 1865, at expiration of term of
service.

The following are among the many en-
gagements in which he took part :

Roanoke, N. C. ; New-Berne, N. C.
Rawles' Mills, N. C. ; Kinston, N. C.
Goldsboro, N. C. ; White Hall, N. C.
Wilcox Bridge, N. C. ; Winton, N. C.
Smithfield, Va. ; Heckman Farm, Va.
Arrowfield Church, Va ; Drury Bluff, Va.;
Cold Harbor, Va.; Petersburg, Va.; Sec-
ond Kinston, N. C.

Da\ ID Vv'. Vv'AKDROP. Past. Tres.

Miuule Men of '61

Bri.iradier (General United State.; Volunteer

Bern in I'liiladelphia, 1824, died July 10,
1898. When a young man heremo\ed to
New Bedford, Mas-s. Was connected with
the whaling inrlustries of the Port. Re-
sumed his nnlitary training" at West Point.
At the Ijrcaking ctit of the Civil War was
Colonel of the Third Massachusetts
Volunteers ; served with that Regiment
and at expiration of it served as Colonel of
the Ninety-Ninth New York Vclunteers.
Mustered out as Brevetted Brigadier
(leneral. After the war was appointed
Inspector of Customs at Boston which
position he held at time of his death. He
was a brave and worthy officer, also an
upright citizen. Has held the office of
president of Minute Men of Massachusetts
as well as at head of several other organi-
zations.

Minute Men of '61

Cephas Washburn Jr., Kiimston, Mass.

Minute Men tf '61.

Capt. M Mas.s. l.ieut.. Co. D, .«tli, Mas.s., Vo\^.

Captain Ceplia.s Washburn was born in
TJridgewater, Mass., January 18, 1832, and
was for several \ ears prior to the Civil War,
a member of the M.V.M. In answer to
President L/incoln's first call, entered the
service April 16, 1861, as Fir.st L/ieutenant
of Company A, Third Regiment, M.V.M
landing at Fortress Monroe, Va. His first
active service was taking part in the des-
truction of Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk,
Va., on the night of April 20, 1861.

Was stationed at Hampton, Va., and at
the Fort, assisting in garrison duty, serving
until expiration of term of service. While
at the latter place, and being I^ieutenant
of the (iuard at the time, had the honor of
bringing into the union lines, the first
three slaves that were afterwards termed
contrabands of war by General Butler.
Mustered out of service July 22, 1861, at
Boston Harbor. Was comniis.sioned Cap-
tain Ma_\-, 1862, but resigned to accept First
lyieutenant's connnission in Company D,
Thirty- Eighth Regiment, Massachusetts
Volunteers serving with that Regiment
until March 2, 1863, when he resigned, on
account of disabilities incurred in" the ser-
vice. He was a member of the Massachu-
setts Legislature in 1865, the last year of
Governor Andrew's administration, and
voted for the constitutional amendment,
which forever prohibited slavery within
the limits of the United States.

John A. Towle, Brockton, Mass .

Minute Men of '61

Co. H, 3d Kes<t. Co. H. ISth Mass. Vols

John A. Towle participared with the
Minute Men in the destruction of Gosport
Navy Yard, and with the Flighteenth Regi-
ment in the .siege of Yorktown and Penin-
stda and Chickahominy campaign entire.
He was born in Thomaston, Me., Novem-
ber 24, 1836.

-Minute Men of '61

lyiNUS A. Shaw, Walertown, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

3d Mass. Sergt. 18th Mass. Capt. 3d M.V.M

Carleton a. \^heiler. Keene. N. H.

Minnie Men cf '61

Third Mas.sachnsetls BaUalicn

Caleb T. Robbins. Plynionth, :\Ias.s,

Minnte Men of '61

3d Mass. Regt. Cc. D, 29th and 36th Mass. Vols.

Alvi.x r. \'.\v<,r.-s. IMiddleboro, Mass.

Mir. nte Men of nl

3d Mi'.sF. ;ind I.ient. C". I. "tli Vermont Vols.

Minute Men of '61

George Sidney Whitixg. Died June 1". 1S97

Minute M-u cf ' >!

Co. B. 29th :\Iass. SUi Vet. Vcls. Bom Nov. 21. 1 37

SoLOMAX Me.seiivk. No. AbiiLyton, M is.s.

Mi'.-.iite Men cf 'fl

3d Ma.ss. Re,u-t. ar.d U.S. Si.tjiia! Ccriis

WiLLi.\M W. i;o3D. HaiiSO! , Ma.ss.
Minute Men of '61
Scr.,--!. Co. A., 3d Mass. Re.ift. Vols. 9 Mos.

Corp. Warren RicK.A.Rn. Died 1S9.S

Miinite Men of '61

3d.Massachu! etts Regrinient Vols.

Minute Men of '61

Skrgt. Jcii:-: Shaxno . Di.d Dec. 31. 1S'19

IMinute Men of '61

;<1 nr.d 29ili INIa.'isachusett.s Resrinieiit

John Vose. Bcston. :Maf.^.

jNIinute Men of '61

Co. C. Tliird Ma.^.sachiisetts Rcaiment

Sergt. J. MiKR.w AT^voo^. PI\ im nth. ;Ma.ss.

Minute :\Ien of '61.

3d. 29th. and 36th Massichu.seLt.s Re^^nlent

E. How.iRD Burgess. Poca.sset, Mas.s.

Minute Men of '61
Co. K. Third Ma.s.sachu.sett.s Regiment

Minute Men of '61

Welcome H. Richmond. Assoiiet, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. G. Third Regiment, Mass. Vols.

James H. Hathaway. Walpole, Ma.ss.

Minute Men of '61

1st Sergft. Cos. G and A. 3d Mass.

Aluhkt Jo.sselyn, So. Hanson, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Corp. Co. A., 3d Massichusetts Vols^

Simeon I). Hitc co k. (Da.ei.sed)

Minute Men of '61

Co. C. 3(1 Ma-s. Vols. Born lS."i9. in Cambridg

Minute Men of '61

Arthur Harris, East Bridgevvater, Mass.

Minute Men of "61

Sergt. Co. A, 3d Mass. 1st. Ma.ss. Heavy Artillery

John W. Maruli;, As.sonet, Freetown, Mass.

Minute Men of '61
Co. G, 3d. Mass. Co. A, 3d. Regt. Mass. Vols.

Benjamin H.xrdinc l^ridi; water, Mass.

Minute Men of '61
e'i Co. A. 3d Ma.ssachusetts Regiment

Nathaxiki. Morton. Bryanville, Ma.ss.

Minute Men of '61

I,t. Co. A., 3d.Mass. Vols. 9^mos.

Minute Men of '61

Ij:vi H iWKK.s. Cambri'.lse. Mass. (Deceased).

Minute Men cf '61

Co. C 3d Ma.ss. .Sergt. Cc. H, IS'ih Mas.s.

Willt-vmUkniiy Taylor, New Bedford, Ma.ss

Minute Men of '61

C.)uii>an.v I.. Third Massachusetts

C.^l'T.MN Skth W. Paty, 3d Ma.-iS.

Minute Men of '61

Co. E, 29th Mass. Volunteers

Augustus P. Martix, Past President

Minute Men of '61

1st and 3d Ma.ss. I,t. Battery, Briji. Gen. U. S. Vol.

Minute Men of '61

Captain Sila^, P. Richmond, Freetown, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Colonel Third Mass. Vol.

:\Iinutc :\Ilu of Ll
First Ma;.s. Ballery. T\veni.\ Xintli :\Ia^•s. Vols

1st I.,ient. HiMPHREY A. Francis. Taunton. Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Company G, Third Ma.ss. Regiment

Henry K. Ellis. Middleboro. Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. H. Third Ma.ss. o2d Regt. Mass. Vols

THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES ACCOMPANING THE:
INDIVIDUAL PICTURES, WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, HAVE
BEEN FURNISHED BY THE PERSONS THEMSELVES.

FOURTH REGIMENT, M.V.M.

Who Answered the First Call for Troops in April, '61.

Hardly had the echoes of the guns of
Sumter died away, when the proclamation
of the President, calling for volunteers,
sounded through the North, and met a
cordial, earnest response from the govern-
ments of the loyal states. Among the
first regiments called into the field was
the Fourth Massachusetts, composed of
companies belonging to various towns
along the Old Colony shore. The order
for its appearance on Boston Common, at
noon of Tuesday, April 16, 1861, reached
the hands of Colonel Abner B. Packard
late on the afternoon of the fifteenth. He
immediately issued his orders and dis-
patched them by a special messenger to
the several companies under his command.
The farthest point to l^e reached by the
messenger was Taunton, where he arrived
at two o'clock Tuesday morning, amid a
driving storm of rain.

Within twelve hours, every company
had reported itself at Faneuil Hall, which
had been made the place of rendezvous
instead of the common, on account of the
storm. Later in the afternoon, in accord-
ance with a telegram from Washington,
the Sixth Regiment was ordered to pro-
ceed forthwith to Fortress Monroe, while
it was understood that the remaining
Regiments, the Third, Fourth and Eighth,
would remain a day or two longer. On
Wednesday, the seventeenth, however,
the order of the preceding day was
changed, and the Fourth Regiment was
notified to be in readiness at three o'clock
same afternoon, to march. With the ex-
ception of muskets and cartridge-boxes,
and the old state uniform, the men were
almost wliolh- unprovided with arms and
equipments. Most of them had expected
to be able to send or go to their homes
again before leaving. They were, how-
ever, soon fitted out with overcoats and

blankets which the provident foresight of
Governor Andrew had provided, knap-
sacks and haversacks, the latter of which
were stored with rations for three daj'S ;
the old guns were exchanged for new
Springfield rifle muskets ; and at three
p.m. the Regiment stood in Merchant's
Row, ioiw hundred and sixty-two men,
all told.

It proceeded amid the most intense
enthusiasm of the crowds which tlironged
the streets — to the State House, where,
after the companies had received further
supplies of clothing and equipments of
various kinds, they were addressed by
Governor Andrew, who said : —

"It gives me unspeakable pleasure to
witness this array from the good Old
Colony. You have come from the shores
of the sounding sea, where lie the ashes
of Pilgrims, and you are bound on a high
and noble pilgrimage for liberty, for the
union and con.stitution of your countrv.
Soldiers of the Old Bay State, sons of
sires who never disgraced their flag in
civil life or on the tented field, I thank
you from the Ijottoni of my heart for this
noble response to the call of }our state
and your country. You cannot wait for
words. I bid }OU Godspeed and an
affectionate farewell. "

Colonel Packard replied in brief and
fitting terms, and the Regiment took up its
line of march for the Old Colon\' depot.
The march through the cit}' was a perfect
ovation. The intense, earnest excitement
of the time showed itself in cheers, in
man)' a hearty Godspeed, and in many a
moistened eye.

Ouickh- embarking on board a train in
readiness to receive it, the Regiment at ten
p.m., marched on board the .steamer,
' ' State of INIaine, ' ' at Fall River. All along
the depots were thronged with anxious

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crowds, whose fhccrs and salvos of ar-
tillt-rv tfstificd tlu-ir s\inpalhy and .i^ood
wishes.

About inidiiij^ht on the ei;<hteenth, we
sailed for I'ortress Monroe, Va., t^oing
down on the coast. Not knowing' who
were in possession of the Fortress, and
expecting that we might be attacked by
rebel steamers. Colonel Packard ordered a
portion of the men to be supplied with
ball cartridges, and the six pounder, the
onlv piece of artillery on board, to be
made ready for action.

We arrived oiT Cape Henr}- about two
a.m., pa.s.sed in towards Hampton Roads
and landed at eight a.m., ou the twentieth
marching into the fort amid the cheers of
the little garrison. The fort was found to
be almost unarmed on the land side and
illv .supplied with material of war. For
several weeks, the men were employed
mounting heav\- guns, unloading vessels,
.storing provisions, keeping guard, etc.

Near the middle of May, General Butler
arrived and took command of the Depart-
ment of Virginia, and he, having deter-
mined to occupy Newport News, a point of
land commanding James river, on May
27, the Fourth Regiment, in conjunction
with a New York regiment under Colonel
Beudix, and a \'ermont regiment under
Colonel, now (VeUeral Phelps, took pos.ses-
sion of that point, and proceeded to form
an entrenched camp. The fortifications,
near a half a mile in length, were laid out
l3y Captain Stewart, and were formed as
follows : A palisade was made of logs cut
and brought in from the adjacent forest,
against which the earth was thrown up on
the outside, forming a rampart twelve feet
in width at the Ijase, .six feet at the
summit, and six feet in height. In front
was a ditch of similar dimensions ; along
the lines were mounted six pieces of
artillery, while on the bluff was a battery
of ,six heavy guns, including one rifie
twenty pounder for the Sawyer projectiles.
One or more vessels of war alwaj-s laid off
the camp in a position to sweep the beach
in either direction.

Ivittle occurred while the Regiment was
at Newport News to disturb the routine of
camp life. Working at the entrenchment,

doing guard duty, drill and scouting went
on regularly- and quietly. On June 9,
however, five companies were detailed,
with a portion of the \'ermont and New
York regiments, to uiake up a detach-
ment to join one from Hampton, to start
at one o'clock the next morning" to attack
Big" Bethel, a position held by the eneni}-,
aljout twelve miles from Newport News.
With the detachment went the ever-
lamented I^ieutenant Greble, in charge of
two pieces of artiller}-. Of the battle of
Big Bethel it is needless to go into details.
Its unfortunate result was owing to a
variety of causes, but if the other troops
engaged had done their duty as well, and
gone as far as those from Massachusetts
and ^'ermont, the name of Big Bethel
would not have headed a long li.st of
Federal repulses.

The Fourth Regiment remained at
Newport News until July 3, when, in
accordance with orders from General
Butler, it moved to the village of Hamp-
ton, which it occupied with the Third
Massachusetts Regiment, during the re-
mainder of its term of .service. On it,s
arrival there it found the quaint old town
deserted. Hardl_\" a score of its former
white inhabitants remained, although
many negroes, especially old and very
young ones, were still there.

The troops had quarters assigned them
in the various houses, and there remained
iindisturbed until Wednesday, July 11,
when they marched over to Fortress Mon-
roe, preparatory to embarking for home.
There their Springfield mu.skets were
exchanged for old altered flint-lock ones.
The men were addressed by General
Butler, and when on board the boat, by
Colonel Dimmick, the Commandant of
the Fort. The latter said, "I never heard
of complaints against Massachusetts men ;
next to regulars, let me commend Massa-
chusetts Volunteers. ' '

At three p.m., on the fifteenth, the
Regiment embarked on board the .steamer
"S. R. Spaulding," and after a pleasant
passage of about fifty-six hours entered
Boston Harbor. Owing to circum.stances
it was deemed expedient to keep the Regi-
ment together until it could be mustered

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out. It landed, therefore, on Long Island,
where it found the Third Regiment already
encamped, and there remained until
Tuesday, Jul\- 22. when the two regiments
struck their tents and shortly after landed
at Long Wharf, from whence they
marched to the common.

The reception somewhat dampened l)y
the news of the battle of Bull Run was \et
most enthusiastic. Arriving on the
common, an order from Governor Andrews
was read, thanking the troops for their
services, an 1 then the several companies
were dismissed to their respective homes.

A SCHOOI/ BOY

Minute Man of '61

Although half a century- has passed
away, memories of that, the most eventful
day of my life, April 16, 1861, will ever
remain. As a school boy, with books in
hand and on my way to school, I first
learned that war had l)een declared.
Meeting Lieutenant Richard.son of Com-
pany F, "Warren Light Guards," Fourth
Regiment, Massachusetts State Militia
(the Company being stationed in the town
of Foxboro, Mass., m_\' home), he being
in uniform, I asked him if the Company
was to parade; he told me that President
Lincoln had called for sevent^'-five thou-
sand men, and that Company F had been
ordered to report at Faneuil Hall, forth-
with, there to join other companies of the
Regiment, to go to Washington, D. C. I
informed him that I would go, but must
first obtain my father's permission. I
being under age. My loyal father bid me
go, and within ten minutes, instead of
going to my school, I reported at the
Company's armorj', signed my name to the
rolls and became a member as private in
Company F, Fourth Massachusetts State
Militia, now ready as a "Minute Man,"
to defend my country's honor and my flag.
After going to bid good-bye to my school-
mates, sisters and dear mother (whose
grandfather was a "Minute Man" April
19, 1775). I returned to the armory, was
given a uniform coat (never tailor fitted)
and a leather hat (rather too large); then

on went the white cross belts, with other
required equipments, and last a musket
with which I expected to lay out any rebel
I should meet, then I was a full fledged
soldier, ready for action.

I was assigned to my place in the ranks,
and soon marched away, with a feeling of
pride, such as is onlj' known by those who
have passed the ordeal of the same degree.
Company F was commanded by Captain
David L. Shepard, with F^'irst Lieutenant
Moses A. Richardson and .Second Lieuten-
ant Charles A. Hart. (All three passed to
the camp above). *

The company reached Faneuil Hall Ije-
fore noonda}-, and Caj^tain Shepard
reported to Colonel Abner Packard, com-
mander of the Regiment.

The Regiment was soon read}- to march
forth to meet the enemy, but for want of
transportation was detained imtil the next
day, April 17, wdien at three o'clock in the
afternoon the Regiment had the honor of
being the first to begin its march south.
Although the rain came down in torrents
it did not dampen the desire to march,
neither di<l it prevent citizens to gather in
great numbers to bid the Regiment God-
speed .

Marching to the State House, we received
our standarfls — nation and state flags, from
Governor John A. Andrew (God bless him
and may his memory- l)e honored to the
end of time!). His parting words will
never be forgotten, in part he said: —
"Soldiers of the old Baj- State, sons of
sires who never disgraced their flag in
civil life or on the tented field, I thank
you from the bottom of nn- heart for this
noble response to the call of your state and
country. Yovi cannot wait for words. I
bid you God-speed and an affectionate
farewell." Colonel Packard responded in
a most lo\-al manner, and the Regiment
then marched down Park street and to the
depot of the (other) Old Colony railroad,
where a train was boarded and soon speed-
ing away to Fall River, then embarked on
the steamer, "State of Maine," and
arrived in New York City the next after-
noon, September 18.

Being delayed by adjusting ballast and
taking on coal, departure was not made

Minute Men of '61

until four o'clock uext morning-, April 17,
when we sailed for Fortress Monroe, Va.
(The (jibraltar of America). The passage
from New York to Fortress Monroe was
full of interest to all. As the steamer
sailed out of the harbor, the steamer,
"Baltic" was uext coming in, bearing on
her deck the noble garrison which had
defended Fort Sumter to the last, and
from her mast-head floated proudly the
flag of Sumter which had been carried in
honor. To describe the enthusiasm of the
people on land and water as the " Baltic "
passed up the harbor, -is not within the
mind power of man. It seems as though
I could still hear the booming of cannon,
the screech of steam whistles, ringing of
bells and the cheers of the great mass of
people, mad with loyal enthusiasm.

About midnight, as the steamer neared
Cape Henrx', a mysterious looking steamer
was sighted and it appeared to follow us
for some purpose. In order to be ready
in case the steamer shovild come near to
give lis trouble, one hundred volunteers
were called for to be ready to act as
" boarders," but much to our relief, the
steamer soon went out of sight. At break
of da}-, April 20, we were in sight of
Fortress Monroe; we were anxious to learn
who held the fort, but soon was heard the
boom of the morning gun and up went
" Old Glory " to the mast-head, telling us
louder than words that the fort was safe,
and to come in. Full steam was now put
on and the good old .steamer, "State of
Maine," made quick time to the pier.
Major Whittman was the first to land.
Meeting the Officer of the Da j-, who had
awaited our arrival, he said to him, " who
has possession of this fort, regulars or the
rebels?" the reply came, "United States
Regulars." Then Major Whittman said,
" the I''ourth Regiment Massachusetts
IMilitia has come to help you hold it."
vSoon the Regiment marched ashore and
into the F'ortess.

The small number of regulars which the
traitor, Fknd, Secretary of War, had left
to guard this most important port, were
overjoyed on our arrival; for several
nights they had all slept under the cannon
on the fort, ready to meet any attempt to

capture. On the day before the arrival of
the Fourth Regiment, Governor Wise of
Virginia had made an attempt to enter the
Fortress. At the sally port he was halted
by the faithful guard who informed him
that no one could enter, but the Governor
demanded admittance, and the guard
called Sergeant of the Guard Port No. 1.
The Sergeant informed the Governor as
did the guard, that none could enter.
Governor Wise said, ' ' I am ( rovernor of
Virginia and I have a right to enter."
The Sergeant replied in a most polite
manner, "I don't care if you are God
Almighty, you can't come in here!" and
that ended it.

The Regiment had now assumed care of,
if not the most important part ^-et assigned
to any regiment that had responded to the
first call to arms, for the importance of
holding Fortress Monroe could not be
overestimated.

April 22, the Regiment was mustered
into the United States service.

April 23, Major General Benjamin F.
Butler arrived and assumed command of
the Department of Virginia.

April 27, the Fourth Massachusetts,
Seventh New York, German, and First
Vermont Regiments, all under the com-
mand of Colonel Phelps of F^irst Vermont,
took possession of Newport News, and
made an entrenched camp.

Colonel Phelps was a fine officer, who
had seen much service in the regular
arm\-. I shall ever remember an incident
in connection with the Colonel, and with
my duties as Adjutant's clerk. One morn-
ing after I had handed him the Adjutant's
report of the Fourth Regiment, and was
about to leave his tent, he .stopped me, and
asked me if I was ever in the regular
army. I said no, and asked him wh}' he
thought so. "I thought so for the reason
that you are the only one that makes a
correct report," replied the Colonel. I
thanked him for the compliment and
informed him that while the Regiment
was at F'ortress Monroe I had been in-
structed by Corporal Peoples, clerk of Post
Adjutant. "Well," said the Colonel, "I
thought }-oii must have been with the reg-
ulars." I had reason, not onlv for mv-

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self, to be proud of the compliment, but
also that ni}' Regiment should stand O. K.
with our commanding officer.

I trust that Adjutant Walker (now Colo-
nel ) will not think that Jais school -bo3^
clerk claims all honor). The lessons I
learned while clerk in the Fourth Regi-
ment with Adjutant Walker were of much
value later in the war, when I became a
Sergeant Major and Adjutant of the
Twenty-Third INIassachusetts Vohmteers.

While the Regiment was stationed at
Newport News, five companies, under the
command of Major Whitman, took part in
the battle of Big Bethel, Va., June 10,
1861; the movement was an unfortunate
one, from beginning to end. "It might
have had, and ought to have had, and
would have had a very different result."
If?

July 3, the Regiment marched to and
occupied the village of Hampton, Va. But
few families remained. Headquarters of
the Regiment located in a fine house on
Main street. The family had left all their
furniture, in fact the dinner table all ready
for a meal. The Sergeant-^Major and clerk
had a room by themselves, which was also
the headquarters office.

In the chambers above were many books
I founda Latin Ca?sar, which I confiscated.
The book was printed in London, Eng., in
1763; it had belonged, as a plate on the
cover showed, to Robert Shield, and had
then come down through several genera-
tions of the family. During the winter of
1903, by advice of a friend, I decided to
return the old familv relic to the rightful
owner, b}- inherinance, if to be found,
believing it would be greath- prized. The
post master was asked by letter if any
member of the Shield or Cormu families
(both names in book) still lived in Hamp-
ton, \'a.. and in four days word was
received from Mr. F. W. Shield, a great-
grandson of the original owner, and to
him I gladly returned the old Ca?sar which
I had carefully guarded for over forty -two
3ears.

July 11 the Regiment marched to Fort-
ress Monroe and on July 15, embarked on
the steamer, " S. R. Spaulding, ' ' for
Massachusetts. Jul}' 22, mustered out at
Long Island, Boston Harbor, after faithful
and lo^'al service of three months.

James Louis Sherman.
Private Company- F,
Fourth Massachusetts State INIilitia.

Minute Men of '61

Company A, Fourth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of ^61

FIBI/D AND STAFF.

*Coloiirl, Abxkr B. Packard, Ouincv.

*Lieiifc!ia)if Colonel, Hawkes Fearing, Jr., Ilin^liam.

Major, Horace O. Whittemore, Boston.

Siiigeoii, Henry ]\I. vSavvieee, Ouincy.

Ouaiicr Master, Wieeiam W. Carruth, Boston.

Assistant Siirj^eoii, W'ileiam L. Faxon, Ouincy.

* Adjutant , Hknrv Walker, Ouincy.

Sergeant Major, Aevin E. Haee, Foxboro.

Quarter Master Sergeant, George W. Barnks. Plymouth.

Drum Major, George W. Pope, Quincy.

Roster Company A, Massachusetts
Regiment Minute Men of '61.

(rnion Ei.uiit (Tiiards).
Organized in 1853. Received notice at
nine o'clock in the evening of .\pril 15,
1861, to muster on Boston common, and at
4. .SO p.m. April 16, reported themselves
ready for duty. April 17, left by steam-
boat for Fortress Monroe.

Captain, Ira Drake, Stoughton.

1st. I.ieut., Henry U. Morse, Canton.

2ud. Lieut., John McK.a.v, Jr., Canton.

1st. Sergt., Horace D. Seavey, Canton.
Sergeant, MosES Griggs, Jr., Canton.
Sergeant. Martin F. D.wes, Canton.
Sergeant, Albert A. Nichols, Dedham.

Corporal, Donald McGilvary, Canton.
Corporal, Henry Taylor, Canton.
Coiporal, George E. Jackson, Canton.
Corporal, Elish.a HorTon, Jr., Canton.

Atkinson John F Stoughton

Ayer, John W Dedham

Barrows, John I^ Sharon

Bibbins, T^evi J Canton

P.ird , Jedidiah M Stoughton

Blackburn, Robi-rt Jr Canton

Bootman L harles E

Hoyden , Setli Sharon

Brooks, John C Canton

Bullard, Albert Sharon

Bullard, John Canton

Chanipney, Edward

Clark, James W Sharon

Cobbett, William E Canton

Cunningham, Jerome

Denihan, John

Drake, Horace F Sharon

Drake, John M

Dunakin, (. harles A

Dunakin, Edwin A

Dunakin, vStillman H

Duley , Eewis H

Farnsworth, Charles P vStoughton

Freeman, Henry A Canton

Fuller, Theodore F

Godfrey, John W Sharon

Greenleaf, Eleazer vS

(rrimes, Martin V. B Ashlmrnham

Hardy, Norman vSharon

Harradon, James T Sharon

Hewitt, Ellis B Easton

Hill, Andrew E Canton

Hill, Charles

Holbrook, PVederic G Sharon

Howe, George W Canton

Howe , John

Hunt, William A

Jenkins, Joseph

Johnson, Obed P Sharon

Johnson Reuben F

Johnson, Warren

Minute Men of '61

Kehr, George W Canton

Leonard, Friend Z

Lewis, DeForrest

Mabbott, George

Mahonej' Daniel Sharon

Marden, William H Canton

McKendry, Wallace Canton

Mel 1 en, Edward Stoughton

Morse, Klijali A Sharon

Morse, vStilhnan H

Xutting, George P Ashl)urnhani

Palmer, Charles R Canton

Parker, George W Sharon

Parks, John

Peach , Henr\'

Preble, Origin O Canton

Richards, George W Sharon

Richardson, Amandus E Stoughton

Roberts, William R Easton

vShankland, James M Canton

vSlattery, Patrick

Smith, Alexander D

Smith, Ansel A vSharon

Smith, Fredeiick A Easton

Spooner, Prince P Stoughton

Taylor, Charles

White, Davis L Sharon

White, Hiram Easton

Whitney, Joseph H Ashlnirnham

Minute Men of '61

Company B, Fourth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Eastern I.isilit Infatry)

Organized in 1S52. The coinnisnding
officer received notice on the morning of
April 16, 1861, at five o'clock, to appear
in Boston forthwith, with his company.
Thirty-four members reported at Boston at
3.30 p.m., on the same day.

CapL, MiLO INI. \\'ii,ij.\MS, ]\i., F.a.ston.
First Lieut., IvINTon Waldron, Easton.
2d. Lieut., Wii<li.a.mE. Bump, Jr., Easton.

1st. Sergeant, John A. T^vnch, Easton.
Sergt., RuFUS H. Willis, Easton.
Sergt., Robert Clifford, Easton.
Sergt., Alfred B. Richmond, Easton.

Corporal, John W. Gerrv, Easton.
Corporal, George Richards, Easton.
Corporal, J.\mp:s N. Mackay, Ea.ston.
Corporal. Albert Tilden, Easton.
Musician, William H. Willis, Easton.

Baker, Charles Ea.ston

Blaisdell , Daniel B

Blaisdell, Oliver II Easton

Crockett, William

Davis, George H

Dollard, Robert

Duffy, John

Fisher, David

( xallagan , Bernard

Hanson, Charles Andover

Harlow, Reuben Easton

Keenan , William

Maguire, Charles

Motherwell, John

Morley , James T

Mulhern, David

Myers, James S Stoughton

Pattee, Henrj' Foxboro

Randall, Jacob J Easton

Records, Seth Stoughton

Sheehan, Michael Easton

Stor)', William F

Thayer, Hiram

Warren, George M vStoughton

Watts, Robert Easton

Minute Men of '61

Company C, Fourth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of ^61

(Bniintree Light Infantry)

Organized in 1853. The company re-
ceived notice April 15, 1861, at seven
o'clock in the evening and were ready to
start for Boston at eight o'clock the next
morning, and left dtiring the forenoon.

Capt., Cephas C. Bumpus, So. Braintree.
1st. Lieut., James T. Stevens,

So. Braintree.
2d. Lieut., Isaac P. Fuller, So. Braintree.

1st. Sergi., William I\I. Richards,

So. Braintree.
Sergt., Joseph L. Frasier, vSo. Braintree.
Sergt., Andrew G. King, So. Braintree.
Sergt., Fdgar ly. Bumpus, So. Braintree.
Corp., Samuel M. Hollls, So. Braintree.
Corp., Reuben F. Hollis, So. Braintree.
Corp., John T. Ayers, So. Braintree.
Corp., John C. Sanborn, So. Braintree.
J/usieiau, Eugene A. Bent, Bellingham.
JL/sifiau. Ferdinand A. Bent,

Bellingham.

Arnold, Charles A So. Braintree

Arnold, Marcns P

Bestick, James T

Boyle, John F

Bnmpns, Everett C

Cahill, Thomas So. Wej-mouth

Carmichael, John R So. Braintree

Corbin , Frank Weymouth

Coughlin, John So. Braintree

Cox, Chandler

Cox, Nelson

Cram, Marctts F

Crowell, Thomas J

Cunningham, William

Daggett, William A

David, Solon So. Braintree

Dean, Henry W

Donahue, James

Donahue, Peter

Dyer, Lawrence A

Field, Alphetis

Finnegan, John

Foster, Roland E

Foster, William B

Freeman, Nathaniel T

Gammon, Henry W

GifFord , Charles

Harding, Ellsworth M Weymouth

Holbrook, Joseph E So. Braintree

Hollis, Adoniram B Weymouth

Hollis, L,eroy S

Howard, George F So. Braintree

Houston, Thomas

Jones, Leonard F

Leonard , James B

Leggett, William

Loud, Thomas B vSo. Weymouth

Martin, Thomas J So. Braintree

Melius, Edward H

McConity, Francis

McGann , William H

Nason , Albert S

Perkins, Marcus A

Shedd, Henry H

Steele, Norman F

vStoddard, Thomas B

Thayer, Elihu M

Thayer, Joseph P

Thayer, Loring W

Thomas, Albert Weymouth

Toomey, Andrew Braintree

Whitcomb, John M Weymouth

Wright, Henrv H Braintree

MiNUTK Men of '61

Company D, Fourth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Randolph L,i;-rht Infantry)

Organized in November, 1855. April 15,
1861, at nine p.m. orders were sent to the
Compan\- to report in Boston at nine
o'clock the next morning. Abont nine
o'clock on the morning of April 16, they
were escorted to the depot by a band of
music and on arriving in Boston, marched
to Faneuil Hall, and officers were elected.
Was one of the first companies to arrive in
Boston on the 16th.

Captain, Hoji.\CE Nii.ES, Randolph.
First Lieut., ()Ti.s S. Wii^bur, Randolph.
2d Lit'itt., Hiram F. Waives, Randolph.

1st Script., George M. Covering,

Randolph.
Scrot., Wii.i.iAM H. Woodman, Ramlolph.
Scriiraiit, Rov.a.l W. Th.wer, Randolph.
Strora)it, Otis Crooker, Randolph.
Corp., Myron W. Hotu.s, Randolph.
Corp., Wendall W. Winnp;tt, Randolph.
Corp., William Palmer, Randolph.
Corp., Hiram Snow, Randolph.
j\fnsiciai/, IvEONARD Th.wer, Randolph.

Alden, William H Randolph

Beal, Ira, Jr

Blencowe, William W

Buck, Nathan E

Burrell , George A

Compass, Theodore

Cartwright, John T

Cousins, Daniel

Cottle, Edmund

Cox, Henry M

Crooker, Allen J

Curtis, John W'

Curtis, Willi m M

Dargan, Joseph W

Dawes, Charles 1'

Dawes, James IJ

Downc\-, John

Ekinstein, Eibert

Faunce. Hannilml A Randolph

F'letcher , Jerome

Fletcher, vSamuel

Foster, Sanniel A

Gill, John H

Godwin , George H

Harris, Seth M

Hayden, Zenas M

Heath , John W

Hodge , Samuel R

Howard , Kdward

Howard, Edgar

Howard , George

Howard, Martin , V. B

Howland, Charles

Huzzey, Willard A

Ingalls, Benjamin

Joy, Henry

Jones, L/Conard

King, Royal T

King, Seth T

Knight, George E

Knight, Nelson E

L/a Forrest, Frederick

Eovering, Isaac J

Mann , John A

IVIorton, A.sa H

Morton , Isaac

O'Brien, John, Jr

Otis, W'illiam W

Poole, J. Franklin

Remick, Prescott

Sloan, Peter S

Thayer, Charles P

Thayer, Henr^- C

Thayer, Henry M

Thayer, Henry W

Thayer, Isaac Jr

Thayer, Eevi F

Thayer, Philander, W

Tileston, George H

Tillson, William

Tuttle , George E

Turner, John P

Upham, Ivy man

Wales, Elisha Iv

White, George B

White, W^illiam Iv

Wortman. Frank M

Young, Isaac E

Minute Men of '61

Compan}' E, Fourth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(South Abiiiijton I^ight Infantry)

Organized in 1787. At eight o'clock on
the evening of April 15, 1861, orders were
received to report in Boston the next
morning. At seven o'clock the next
morning the combany was read}- to march,
and took cars for Boston and qnartered at
Faneuil Hall, leaving next day for Fortress
Munroe.

Capt., Ch.\rles F. AixEN, Abington.

1st. Lieut., Lewis Souee, Abington.

Jd. /./V/.'/., John W. MiTCHELE, Abington.

1st. ScTO't., Benj. F. C.\swele, Abington.
Scrot.. Nath.\niee O. Holbrook,

Abington.
Script., Henry HumbeE, Abington.
Script., Benj. F. Peter.son, Abington.
Corp., JosHU.\ T. Bryant, Abington.
Corp., Timothy Reed, Abington.
Corp., William H. M.\ine, Abington.
Corp., Morton E. Hardinc, Abington.

Aljbott, Lnther C Weymouth

Barrett, Benjamin K Abington

Barber, John A

Bates, James E

Bickford, John E

Caton, Joseph W

Cook, Joshua, 2d

Cook, Thomas H

Corwin, William

Curtis, Elbridge E. Bridgewater

Dunham, Andrew J Abington

Dunbar, Henry F

Edson, George A E. Bridgewater

Fuller, Thomas So. Abington

Gurney, Alva A So. Abington

Gurney, Seth P

Hall, Ichabod G

Harden , George M

Hathaway, William B E. Bridgewater

Hobart , Thomas Abington

Howard , Elijah

Howe, Charles W

Howland, Caleb

Josselyn, James E

Knowles, \\'illiam W

Leach, John A

Lincoln, Willard B

Loveradge, Isaac

Packard , Hiraln F

Penney, Leonard F

Perry, John H Hanson

Phinney, Barnard F Abington

Pierce, James H E. Bridgewater

Ramsdell, Nathaniel F Abington

Ramsdell, Philemon W

Reed, Henry H

*Reed , Samuel W

Rowe, Zaccheus

Rundle, Joseph T

Steingardt, Joseph .\

Stetson, Andrew J

Stewart, Nathan M

Taylor, Thomas Middleboro

Tillson, Mercer V E. Bridgewater

Tuttle, Ebenezer G Abington

Washburn, Jerome

Witherell , James H

Witherell, Ebenezer .A

Witherell, Otis F

*Re-enlisted

Minute Men of '61

Compaii}^ F, Fourth MavSsachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Warren I^ight Guards)

Ori^anized January 22, 1776. On Mon-
day evening-, April 15, 1861, the Captain
received orders to report himself and
command at Boston fortlnvith, and the
next day at eleven o'clock they left Fox-
boro for Boston. The\ were stationed at
Fortress Munroe and Newport News.

Cafif., David Iv. Shepard, Foxboro.
l.sV. Lieut., Moses A. Richardson,

Foxboro
2d. LiciiL, Carlos A. Hart, F'oxboro.
Ist. Scrgt., Simeon G. Blandin, Taunton.
Seigf., William H. Torrey, Foxboro.
Serg., John F. Shepard, Foxljoro.
Sngt., John M. Welch, Foxboro.
Se/g/., Edward E. Bird, Foxboro.
Corp., Alexander Cameron, F'^oxboro.
Corp., Samuel D. Robinson, Foxboro.
Corp., Lewis L. Bullard, F'oxboro.
Corp., Frank O. Pierce, Foxboro.

Allen, Ivucius W Medfield

Bacon, Charles D F'oxboro

Bemis, James S

Bonney, Isaac H

Bryant, Samuel N

Buck , Hiram F

Carpenter, Charles F Attleboro

Carpenter, James Foxboro

Chamberlain, Gabriel P

Chisholm, Ivemuel Cambridge

Claffin, George H Foxboro

I'ales, Henry A

F'ales, William H

Fillebrovvn, George M

F'orrest, Albert E

FVecman, Ivlvvard M

F'uller, Alonzo W

( joodwin, Edward A Mansfield

Gotlewib, Joseph Foxboro

(xoulding, Lewis Medfield

Greenleaf , Perry

Green, Moses L F'oxboro

Grover , Ephraim ( ) Foxboro

Grover, Pascal C

Harris, Robert E Manifield

Harris, Rufus Randolph

Harris, William H Mansfield

Hartshorn. David T Foxboro

Hartshorn, Sidney vS Walpole

Hennesey, Daniel Boston

Howard, Caleb Medfield

Jewett, Edwin P Foxboro

Joplin, Joseph H

King, Andrew D Mansfield

Lincoln, Henry C Cambridgeport

Lyons, William H F'oxboro

Matthews, Ransom

McDonald, Alexander W^alpole

Morrison, Seth Melrose

Morse, W^illiam A F'oxboro

Morton, James H Buxton, Me

Pendergrass, Morris Mansfield

Pettee, William H Wrentham

Pierce, William H F'oxboro

Pond, Charles H

Pond, William F' Pawtucket, R. I.

Rice, Henry T Wrentham

Richardson, Nicholas H. F' Walpole

Schraidt, William Boston

Shaw, Alonzo M Mansfield

Sherman, James L Foxboro

Strang, John A Medfield

Sweet, William H F'oxboro

Thompson, Charles A

Turner, Willard W

Washburn, ( reorge M F'al mouth

Webber, John Boston

Welch, John M F'oxboro

Wheeler, Howartl (J

White, James Foxboro

White, Nelson vS

White, Rufus S

Whiting, Lewis R Wrentham

Winn, Liscomb C Foxboro

Wyer, James H

Minute Men of '61

Company G, Fourth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of Y)l

('rauiU<jii I.itrht Guards.)

Organized in 1855. At 2.30 p.m. on the
morning of April 16, 1861, this Company
received orders to appear in Bo.ston. At
eleven o'clock the .same morning, they
were at the depot with forty-nine guns and
a fnll compliment of officers, and left for
that city.

Captain, Timothy Gordox, Taunton.
1st. Liettteuant, Zaccheu.s Sherm.\x,

Taunton .
2nd. Lieut., Frederick A. Harrington,

Taunton.

7.^/. Sergt., M.A.SON W. Burt, Taunton.
Sergt., Charee.s H. Paul, Taunton.
Sergt. William H. Bartlett, Taunton.
Sergt., George A. Washburn, Taunton.
Corp., ISSAC D. Paul, Taunton.
Corp., Edward J. Vose, Taunton.
Corp., J.\MES Brown, Taunton.
Corp., WiLLARD D. Tripp, Taunton,
Musician, William M. Lord, Taunton.

Austin, Lloyd W Taunton

Barnes, George W Plymouth

Black, William R Taunton

Briggs, John C

Briggs, William J

Buck, John H

Church , John H

Clapp, John W Worcester

Clark, Isaac vS Middleboro

Coleman, John R Taunton

Cushman, James, INI

Dean, Gustavus T

Dunbar, Perez S

Eayers, Edward

Fisher, Allen A

Galligan , Henr}-

Gent, William C

(Tilmore, Horace S Taunton

Goddard, Elijah I) Norton

Hale, Enos P Taunton

Hatch, William D

Hathaway, Marshall I)

Holt, Adoniram J

Horton , Henrj- W

Hunt, Edward

Husband, Thomas H

Jones, Charles H '

Jones, Daniel S

Knight, Seril

Leonard, George A

]\Ierigold , John L

McNeil, Peter

Monroe, William H. H

Naylor, Abraham

O'Neil, Joseph

Orr, Wilson Bridgewater

Pizer, John B Taunton

Plant, Robert J

Reed, Asa K

Richardson, Cyrus B Woburn

Richardson, Freileric Taunton

Rock, John

Sanford, Squire

Simmons, Benjamin F

Smith, William W

Thomas, Charles S

Thayer, Edgar S -■

Vail , Thomas C

Valentine, Michael W

Walker, Joseph 2d

Washljurn, Frederic A

Weston, John C Foxcroft, Me

Whiteley, Thomas Taunton

Wilbur, Simeon T

Wood, Daniel F Middleboro

Wood, David Taunton

Minute Men oE '61

Company H, Fourth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of 61

(Hancock I^ijiht (Uiards)

Organi/.t.'(l in 1.S55. The order on Mon-
day, April 15, 1.S61, to appear in Boston to
join their Regiment and to proceed at
once to the seat of war was cheerfully met,
and a deep interest was awakened in the
town .

Captain, rkAXKi^ix Curtis, Ouincy.
1st. Lieut., Edward A. Spear, Ouincy.
2d. Lieut., Benjamin F. Mb;servev,

Ouinc}-.

1st. Sergt., Charles F. Pray, Ouincy.
Sergt,, Matthew M. C. Ceiubbuck,

Ouincy.
Sergt., John \Viuua:\is, Ouincy.
Sergt., Robert Monk, Ouincy.
Corp., Wileiam H. H. lyAPHA.Ai, Ouincy.
Corp., Thomas S-aiith, Ouincy.
Corp., \V^JJA^r S. Wiebur, Ouincy.
Corp., Morton Packard, Ouincy.
J/iisiciau, Ai,b].;rt Keating, Ouincy.

Barker, Henry F Ouincy

Bass, Benjamin F

Baxter, William H

Bent, Edward F

Bent, Ivuther S

Brainard, James A Weymoiith

Brown, Edwin Ouincy

Brockett, Caleb

Burrell, David, Jr

Chublnick, David T

Chubbuck, Perez, Jr

Cleverly, ( '.eorge F

Colljurn, Demuel A

Crickmay, Charles H Braintree

Cunningham, James H Ouincy

Cummings, Noah I

Damon, Ivdward, Jr

Dowd, James J

Enderlee, Joseph S

Ewell, Eendell 11

Feltis, William II

Fisher, Richard H Ouincy

French, Daniel F

P\irnald, Alonzo

Oannett, Charles E Weymouth

Gibson, George W^ Ouincy

Glover, Nathaniel E

Hayden, George E

Hunt, Charles N

Jameson, Charles H

Joseph, Freeman

Josselyn, Robert

Jojce, Edwin E

Kiml)all, Howard M

Eamson, John H

Lapham, Frederic A.. Jr

Eaphani, Joseph A

Earkin, John

Marden, Frank M

Marque, Peter P

Newcomb, Peter

Nightingale, Alonzo A

Nightingale, vSamuel A

Nightingale, Wyman B

Nutting, Charles A

Nutting, Edward W. K

I'arker, John Jr

Perkins, Edward E

Pierce, Charles E

Philips, Eiigene C Boston

Pope, Alexander P Ouincy

Pope, George W

Pope, William Ct

Prior, Hiram B

Reynolds, William W. . . .

Riley. Charles D

Rideout, Euke A

Robinson, William W Weymouth

Shaw, H. Ivnierson Ouincy

vSheen, William G

Spear, Christopher A

Spear, Warren O

Souther, Horace O

Souther, Francis L

Totman, Freeman M

Turner, Henrv C

Turner, John B

Wildman, Henry G

Minute Men of '61

Company I, Fourth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of Y)l

(l^incoln I,itjht Infantry)

On April 15, 1861, at eight p.m. orders
were received b\- the Captain to report his
company in Boston the next day, but for
some reason the memljers were not notified
until the afternoon of the sixteenth in
three hours from which time the}- were
assembled and ready for duty. There
being no means of transportation to Boston
at that hour, their departure was delayed
until the next day.

Captain, Thither Stephenson, Jr.,

Hingham.

1st Lieut., Chari^eS SpraCxUE, Hingham.

2d Lieutenant, Nathaniel French, Jr.,

Hingham.

1st Sergeant, Josal'a Morse, Hingham.
Sergeant, Peter N. Sprague, Weymouth.
Sergeant, IvYMAN B. Whiton, Hingham.
Sergeant, Henry Stephenson, Hingham.
Corporal, Henry S. Ewer, Hingham.
Corporal, George W. Bibby, Hingham.
Corporal, George R. Reed, Hingham.
Corporal, WilwamS. Whiton, Hingham.
J/usician, Samuel Bronson, Hingham.

Adams, George INI Hingnam

Bassett, Charles H

Berry, Joseph N Weymouth

Binney, Henry F Hingham

Bryant , James B

Burr, John W

Carver, Thomas A

Clark, Andrew J

Cobb, Silas H

Cocoran, Jeremiah J

Corbett, Charles

Creswell , John

Cushing, Jacob G

Damon, Charier H Hanover

Dow, Isaac M Hingham

Dow, L/evi H

Dunbar, George

Dwelley , George C

Dwelley, Hosea Hanover

Easton , F'ergus, A Hingham

Pvldridge, John W

Everson, Francis N Weymouth

Fearing, George W Hingham

French, Henr\- C

Gardner, Charles .\ , . .So. Scituate

Gardner, John D

Gardner, Henry C

Grover , George A Hingham

Graves, Herbert So. Scituate

Haskell, James ]M Hingham

Harlow, William B Hanson

Haynes, Albert S Hingham

Hersey, Edwin

Humphrey, George F)

Jacobs, John O

Jacobs, William H

Jacobs, P:;iisha A , . . So. Scituate

Jones, William H. Jr Hingham

Jones, Benjamin h

Kennerson , Levi

Lane, Josiah ^I

Lane, Parker H Weymouth

Lincoln, Daniel W

Lincoln, Daniel S Hingham

Lincoln, Alfred A

Marston , William H

Miller, George

Nelson , William T

Uurisli , Jacob

Pierce, Albert L

Prouty, Elijah Weymouth

Prouty, John H So. Scituate

Prout\-, William , Jr

Raymond, Henry T Weymouth

Roberts, Ebene/.er F Hingham

Souther, Benjamin vS

Souther, John S

Stockwell , William J

Stodder , Alfred W :Marshfield

Stodder, Demerick Hingham

vStoddard, Charles H. F

Sturtevant, James S

Taylor. William

Thomas Alpheus So. Scituate

Tower, Alvin Hingham

Waters, Isaac G

Wolfe, George A

Minute Men of '61

Compaii}^ K, Fourth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Afterwards Company K, Twenty-ninth Regrinient)

Company K arrived at Fortress Monroe
in May and temporarily attached to the
Fourth Retjiment.

COMMISvSIONED OFFICRRvS.

CAPTAINS.

Joseph H. Barnes, Boston, commissioned
as Lieutenant-Colonel December 13,
1861.

James H. Osgood, Jr., Boston, promoted
from First Lieutenant Januarj- 4, 1S62.

FIRST LIEUTENANT.
Wii.EiA.M T. Keen, Sandwich, promoted
from ySecond Lieutenant January 4, 1.S62,

SECOND LIEUTENANT

John P. Burbeck, Taunton, commissioned
January 4, 1862.

non-commissione;d ( )Fficers.

SERGEANTS.
Pray, William, Boston, promoted to First

Lieutenant Company (r, January 4.
Braden, Henry vS., Boston, promoted Ser-

geant-Major of the Regiment January 1.
Cole, Francis J., Boston.
Greenwood, James N., Boston.

CORPOR.\ES.

Hunting, Henry A., Cambridgeport, pro-
moted to Sergeant.

Warren, David, Jr., Boston, promoted to
Sergeant.

Keene, John 15., Boston, prcmioted to ser-
geant.

Rumney, (ieorge R.. Boston.

1>RIVATES.

Blodgett, Ja.son L., discharged Boston

Boston, Rdward, Jr

Blackhall, Robert N

Baker, T^Jriu"- •

Bride, Thomas M Boston.

Burke, John F. M

Brownlow, James

Barker, William R

Crafts, John H

Clark, Benjamin L

Colb}', Amos, Boston, killed at Big

Bethel, June 10, 1S61

Chambers, William G

Crichton, Henry F

Chapman, J. L. discharged

Curry, Edgar

Dockerty, David

Daggett, Charles A., promoted Corporal..

Dugan . Joseph

Fisher, A. P

Fiske, Alonzo B., promoted to Corporal..

Fisher, John E

Godbold, F. A

Henry, A. R., discharg

Hill, Isaac S .

Holms, James T

Howe, William H

Howes, Richard

Hooper, Joseph I"

Huntress, Nathaniel, Jr

Hume, John R

Hall, Freeman

Kenny, Thomas W

Loveland, Benjamin S., promoted

Corporal

Lane, Alnjah

Litchfield, Gilbert T., promoted Corporal . .

Leavitt, Charles H

Leavitt, Augustus J

Linnell, John A., promoted Corporal

Lander, William P., promoted Corporal..

Laslie, Charles Chelsea

Morris, Jesse, discharged Boston

McAllister, William, discharged

McF~arlane, William

McKie, J. A. , discharged

Mosher, Hiram A., promoted Corporal.. . .
Newton, Sanmel F. G Marblehead

Minute Men of '61 85

Parsons, Frederic ( t Boston Wright , George

Reniick, Meltiah F Boston Wood, George H Boston

Ranks, Elisha Woodis, George P

Ramsell, Charles Winslow, Charles H. , died at Camp

Stewart, Henry I<: Butler, Va. , October 30, 1861

Sanborn, William W

Stafford, Joseph K., deserted joined after the REOiment eeft

Tierney, John MASSACHUSETTS.

Tighe, John A Rwart, John I5oston

Vinal, Kzra Jr Hibbert, John B

Valpey, Benjamin F., discharged Manning, Joseph S

Walker, Charles McKinnon, Alexander

Minute Men of '61

Company L, Fourth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of Y)l

(Afterwards Company C. T\vent\-Niiith Rejriment)

This company \vas recruited l->y Captain
Leach, and started for Boston May 9, 1861 ;
on their arrival new orders had been
issued, that no more three month's men
were wanted, that three years men were
wanted. It was decided to go home and
start anew. Next week all being in readi-
ness they again left for Boston, and thence
to Fortress Munroe by steamer "Cam-
bridge. "

COMMLSSIONFD OFFICERS.

C.\PT.A.IN.

Lebbet'S IvEACH, East Bridgewater.

FIR.ST I^IEl'TENANT.

Nathan D. Whitman, East Bridgewater.

SECON I) EIErTEN.\NT.S.
Elish.a vS. Hoebrook, East Bridgewater,

died at Fortress Munroe, August 20, '61.
W'.M. B. Hathaway, Ea.st Bridgewater,

commissioned Sept. 11, 1861.

N()N-C( )MMISSI( )NED OFFICERS

SERGEANTS.

Conant, Thomas F;ast Bridgewater

Morse, George H West Bridgewater

Kingman, F^'rancis M. . . .F^ast Bridgewater
Hay ward, Joshua E

CORPORALS
Cummings, Alfred B., promoted sergeant

East Bridgewater

Wright, Levi F>ist Bridgewater

Conant, John

Tribou, Daniel W

Whitman, Freeilman

Jordan, Chas. li

Fellows, Robert C

Tolman, Elijah II

Allen , ( jeorge W

MfSICIAXS.

>Shaw, Ira C luast liridgewater

PRIVATES.

Arnold, Thomas F^ast Bridgewater

Bates, James A

Bourne, Isaac N

Brett, Algernon S

Bates, Asa A

Brown , Geo. D

Blakeman, Daniel Pembroke

Bates, Irving Ea.st Bridgewater

Chandler, INIarshall M Pembroke

Clark, Thomas G . . .- Han.son

Curtis, Minot S East Bridgewater

Curtis, Elbridge R

Drohan, Edward F'. . . .North Bridgewater

Drinkwater, Isaac W Middleljoro

Drake, Charles East Bridgewater

Dyer, George R

Ed son, Benj F

Fxldy, Curtis W West Bridgewater

F'isher , ( reorge W

P'isher, Timothy W

Folsom, Henry M

Flagg, Charles W East Bridgewater

Cxould, Henry K

GTrosvenor, Silas N., promoted sergeant

East Bridgewater

Hudson, Caleb L., Jr. . . .East Bridgewater

Hooper, Pre.ston

Harding, James W

Harding, Daniel W

Hayden, Charles H West Bridgewater

Hoyt, Damon East Bridgewater

Holmes, John A \\'est Bridgewater

Harlow, C. Francis East Bridgewater

Holmes, Abner H., discharged

North Bridgewater

Holmes, Walter M., discharged

North Bridgewater

Howard, John vS

Jaquith, liniery East Brid . ewater

Johnson, James G

Johnson, William H

Keith, William Francis, discharged

North Bridgewater

Minute Men of '61 ' ,s7

I/ainbert, John C liridgewater .Siddall, Ik-njaniin, discharged ; fins^er shot

Ivincoln, David H Ivast Hridoewater off Rast Bridi'-ewater

Ivincolii, Eugene A Smith, William P> East Bridgewater

Iveonard, James H West Hridgewater Sharpe, Aloiizo

Ivucas, Henry East Bridgewater Siddall, James Jr., discharged

McMillan, Neil Sturtevant, John T Halifax

Mansfield, Edward I' Hanson Stran, Hugh East Bridgewater

Morse, William H East Bridgewater vSylvanus, Thomas Halifax

Nason, John M Turner, Charles PI West Bridgewater

Osborne, Henry A Thompson, Vernon M . . .East Bridgewater

Osborne, William H Whitman , Asa \\'

Osborne, Edward vS., discharged Whitman, Charles C

East Bridgewater Washburne, James E

Pratt, Ebenezer H White, Nehemiah

Packard, Edmund T Wright, T. P

Packard, Edward B., appointed musician Williams, E;dward West Bridgewater

West Bridgewater White, James E

Packard, Alpheus East Bridgewater ^Vhite, Herbert Or.

Poole, Lawrence V

Ripley, Horace A joined AFTER The regiment eeFT

Ripley' William R. ['. ma.s.sachu.setts.

Ramsdell, Joshua .S Cooper, James W East Bridgewater

Rounds, William E Churchill, Rodney

Sampson, John (t Gould, Crrenville H

Smith, William W Williams, Cyrus We.st Bridgewater

Minute Men of '61

Wig'htman Rifles, Fourth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of Y)l

(Afterwards Conipaiiy A, Twenty-Ninth Regiment)

Wightiiiaii Rifles arrived at Fortress
Monroe in May, 1861, and were tempora-
rily attached to the Fourth Regiment, but
were left at the seat of war when the term
of service of the three months' men ex-
pired.

COMMISSK )NRD OFFICERS.

CWPTAIN.

Thomas \V. Clarke, Boston.

FIRST LIEUTENANT.

Joshua Norton, 3d, Boston, appointed
Otiarterniaster.

John A. Saylb;s, Somerset, transferred
from First Liatitenant, Company F", De-
cember 13, 1861.

second lieutenant.

John E. White, Milton, Discharged.

George H. Taylor, East Cambridge,
Commissioned July 31, 1861.

non-commissionf::) ()Fficf;rs

SERGEANTS.

Pray , W'm . \V Natick

Davis, William W. discharged. . .'. .Boston

De Costa, Albert H E. Stoughton

Howard, Lysander A Springfield

Smith , Soloman B Boston

Alexander, Henry, discharged Boston

Hammer, William T Roxbury

Lowell, Charles T. discharged Boston

CORPORALS.

Bacon , Thomas Boston

Coots, William, discharged, E. Stoughton
Thayer, Cliarles FL, discharged ... Milton
Damrell, Horace, discharged Dedham

MUSICIANS.

McGovern, James, discharged Boston

Butler, Hiram, discharged. ..E. Stoughton

WAGONER.

Drake, Joseph N., (discharged) So. Boston

PRIVATES.

Alger, Myron E. , (discharged)

W. Bridgewater

Ahern, Cornelius, discharged Boston

Bassett, Charles So. Boston

Brent, James E. Boston

Bly , Daniel Lawrence

Blake, vSylvester F Holland, Vt

Blossom, Edward C, discharged, Hingham
Brooks, Thomas, promoted Corporal. .

England

Blackstone, Henry, discharged, Camljridge

Bassett, 0.scar H . Milford

Bari, Alexander T discharged

Cambridgeport

Butler, Alljert Stoughton

Brady, Michael A Worcester

Bassett, Alexander, discharged, So. Boston

Crowley, Jere J. , discharged,

Coullahan , Malachi Roxbury

Crosby, Joseph D So. Natick

Chickey, Lawrence T Boston

Cashman, Thomas W^ So. Boston

Chase, Henry G., promoted Corporal,

Biddeford, Me

Car. son, Henry Natick

Cole, Hiram W Boston

Ctmningham, John Boston

Dwinnell, Charles H Roxbury

Donovan, Timoth\- D., promoted Captain

Boston

Daily, Daniel A Boston

De Co.sta, Barton H discharged

E. Stotighton

Edmonds, Michael Roxbury

Minute Men of '61 89

Fitzpatrick, Matthew T., killed at battle of McCarty, John W., accidentally shot in

Big Bethel Boston camp, June 6th Boston

Foley, Thomas Boston Morse, John W K. Stou^hton

Frost, Albert E Mahoney, Jeremiah, promoted Corporal

Gaj'lord, Levi B Fall River

Gunnison, Edwin L Milton McCarty John Nova Scotia

Golden, James, discharged Quincy O'Donnell, Edward Boston

McGlinchey, James Cambridge O'Donnell, Edward B

Henry, William, promoted Corporal. Ow^ens, Daniel East Boston

Newton Ivower Falls O'Connor, Dennis, discharged

Hobart, William M Randolph Pitcher, Henry P. , discharged .... Roxbury

Hodge, Charles D. di.scharged Pond, Chandler H. , appointed Mu.sician

Hardy, John, appointed hospital steward Milfoni

Boston Pickard, E. Lewis Somerville

Hobart, Frank M S. Randolph Perry, Isaac H Bo.ston

Hawes, Thomas Boston Rico, Byron, di.scharged Milford

Holbrook, Joseph E Ross, Charles Boston

Homan, Conrad Roxbury Richardson, Sanford H. discharged

Hai ne}', Richard Bo.ston vScully , David I'

Hollihan, John Scully, John, appointed Wagoner. . Lowell

Johnston, Holden Shaw, Charles H. discharged

Joslyn , Alanson K East Stoughton

Joslvn, Henrv C Simpson, George F. , di.scharged . . Medway

Kelly, Edward Roxbury Sullivan, John, di.scharged, Boston

Lyman, James Bo.ston Sweeney, John M Braintree

Leeds, Joseph Shaw, Frederic C. , South Boston

Locke, Charles P., discharged, Dorche.ster Towne, George G Bo.ston

Mullen , Martin C So. Boston Thomas, George

Morin, Albert W Sandwich, Can. Vaughan, Charles F

McAlvery, Joseph So. Boston Wise, George H Natick

Maldoon, Patrick Boston York, Levi S. , di.scharged Lowell

Minute Men of '61

Captain George a. Washburn.

Minute Men of '61
Company G. Fourth Massachusetts.

Oeorge Albert Washburn was born at
Swansea, Mass., February 5, 1836. Made
Sergeant Company G, Fourth Regiment,
M.V.M. Mustered in April 22, 1861. In
liattle of Big Bethel. Mustered out July
22, 1861 . On October 1 , 1861 , First Ueuten-
ant. Company C, Twenty-Second Massa-

chusetts Infantry; July 10, 1862, Captain
Company C, Twenty-Second Massachusetts
Infantry. Wounded at Gaines' Mill. Was
one month in I^ibby Prison, and discharged
for disability on January 5, 1863. He died
at Taunton, Mass., February 24, 1900,

MiNUTK Mkn of '61

Charles E. Piekcic Conipaiiy H, Fourth Jlassachusetts Reg-iinent.

Mimitf Men of '6i.

F'irst Serseant, Tenth Mass., I^i.uht Battery. First^ I^ieutenanl, Acting Adjntant Fourth Ma.ss., H. A.

L/ieutenant Charles K. Pierce, a resident
of Boston since 1866, was Ijorn in Oitincy,
Mass., September 17, 1841.

He enlisted under President Lincoln's
first call for troops, May 16, 1861, in Coni-
pan}' H, Captain Franklin Curtis, Fourth
Regiment, M.V.M. (Colonel Abner R.
Packard), and served with it at Fortress
Monroe, Newport News and Hampton, Va . ,
mustered out by reason of expiration of
service, July 2Z, 1861.

August 16, 1862, he again enlisted, this
time in the Tenth Battery, Light Artillery,
Massachusetts Volunteers, commanded by
Major (then Captain) J. Henry Sleeper,
serving with it as Sergeant and First Ser-
geant. While with the battery, in the
Third Corps (General W. H. French),
Army of the Potomac, he participated in
the engagements at Auburn, Md., October
13, 1863, Kelly's Ford, Md., November 7,
1863, and Mine Run, Va., November 30,

Minute Men of '61

1863. Upon the re-organization of the
Army of the Potomac in March, 1864, the
battery was attached to the Second Corps
(General W. S Hancock) , and with it he
was in the engatjements in the Wilderness,
May 6, 1864; at Po River, May 10, 1864;
Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864; North Anna,
May 21, 1864; Tolopotomy Creek, May
30-31, 1864; Cold Harbor, Jnne 1-10, 1864,
arriving in front of Petersburg, Jnne 16,

1864. From there, he was soon afterwards
.sent to the hospital and subsequently fur-
loughed home .suffering from severe
illness.

September 2, 1864, commissioned First
Lieutenant of the Twentieth Unattached
Company, Heavy Artillery, Massachusetts
Volunteers, ^subsequently November 12,
1864, Company D, Fourth Regiment,
Heavy Artillery (Colonel William S. King),
of which regiment, (Uieutenant-Colonel
Samuel C. Hart commanding), he acted as

Adjutant, imtil mustered out of service,
June 17, 1865, by reason of the close of the
war.

Immediately on his return from service
in 1861, he entered the employ of the
"Boston Journal." Again, July 1, 1865,
he returned to its business department and
continued with the "Journal " imtil April
30, 1895. Early in 1892, he was promoted
to superintendent and cashier of the
' 'Journal. "

Since May 1, 1900, he has been a Deputy
Collector of Taxes for the city of Boston.

In the Veteran Associations, he is a
member of The Minute Men of "61.
Kdward W\ Kinsley Post, 113, G-A-R ;
the Grand Army Club ; the Tenth Massa-
chusetts (Sleeper's) Battery Association,
of which he was for thirteen years Secre-
tary and two years, 1892 and 1893, its
Pre.sident, and of the Military Order of the
Ivoyal Legion of the United States.

Minute Men ok '61

Company F, Fourth Mass.

Charles D. Bacon, Manomet, Mass.
Minute Men of '61.
First Mass. Cav. Independent Battalion Mass. Cav., and Fourth Mass. Cav.

Charles D. Bacon was born in Foxboro,
Mass., August 20, 1840, enlisted in Com-
pany F, Fourth Massachusetts Regiment,
April 15, 1861, for three months. Served
at Fortress Monroe, Newport News and
Hamilton. Re-enlisted in service Decem-
ber 4, 1861, in First Massachusetts Cav-
alry-. Was set apart as an independent
Battalion of Cavalry at Hilton Head, S. C,

under General Hunter, making two trips
to Florida, then to North Carolina. At
time Ivittle Washington was burned and in
1864 was landed at Bermuda Hundred,
Va., and camped at Hatche's farm where
they were attached to the Fourth Massa-
chusetts Cavalry and remained so until
discharged.

Minute Men of '61

Wyman B. Nkihtingale, 338 Graiiite'Street, Ouincy, Mas
Minute Men of '61
Company H, Fourth Massachusetts Regiment

Minute Men of '61

I<ii;rT. JDHN McKay, Jk.. Meiroe. ilass.

Minute Men of 61

Co. H,4t]i Mass. Kt.. 1st I.t.Cos. H & V, 7lh R. I.Tnf.

Ivifutenant John McKa}-, Jr., l)<)rn in
Johnstone, Scotland. January 30, 1.S39.
When one year of a.t^e his parents brotight
him to America, settling in Norwich, where
he remained ttntil he was sixteen. He
then went to Canton, Mass., and learned
the machinist trade. He connected him-
self with the Foiirth Regiment, M.V.M
and under President Lincoln's fir.st call
accompanied it to the front as Second
Ivieutenant, serving chiefliy at Fortress
Monroe and Newport News, Va., from
April 22, to July 22, 1861, yet participating
in the Battle of Big Bethel.

In 1862, the young man decided to re-
enter the army, and considering Rhode
Island his native state, became a member
of the Seventh Rhode Island Infantry,
September 2, 1862.

He participated in all the battles the
Regiment was engaged in, being .severely
wounded in the right shoulder, June 29,
1864, at Petersburg, Va.

For the last twenty-five years- t,ieiitenant
McKay has been employed as traveling-
salesman for a Western Machinery House.
His present home is in Melrose, Mass.

EiHi-T. RfFUS H. Wii.l.is, New Bedford. Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Conipan.N- li. Fourtli Massacliusetts Keuinicnt

Ivieutenant Rufus H. Willis was born at
North Faston, Mass., March 18, 1838; en-
listed as marker boy in Company B, Fovirth
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in 1852,
and at the outl)reak of the rebellion was
Second Sergeant and Company CK rk in
same Company.

Sergeant Willis responded to the first
call for seventj'-five thousand and landed
with the Regiment at Fortress Monroe,
April 20, 1861.

Mustered out at Long Island, Boston
harbor July 22, 1861 ; enlisted as private in
Company I, First Massachusetts Cavalry,
September 14, 1861, and continued with
the Regiment until merged with the Fourth
Cavalry.

During this time he pas.sed the grades of
Corporal, Quartermaster-Sergeant, Ser-
geant, Major and Second Lieutenant. Was
acting Aid-de-camp on the staff of Major
General John Gibbon commanding Twent\-
Fourth A. C, from April 2, 1865, to its
entry into Richmond in May. At the sur-
render at Appomattox, Lieutenant Willis
had command of the detachment which
collected the rebel battle flags, seventy-
three in number. Resigned June 13, 1865.

Minute Men of '61

fied with many reform measures, and
was often heard as a lecturer on a wide
range of topics.

As a business man he met an unusual
degree of success, and developed a large
enterprise from very small beginnings.

Kli.iah Adams Morse died in Canton,
Mass., on June 6, 1898.

Ki.ijAH A. Morse. Canton. Mass.

Minute Men of '61
Fourth Ma.ssachu.setts Regiment

I^lijah Adams Morse was l)orn at South
Rend, Indiana, May 25, 1841, and removed
with his parents to Massachusetts in his
childhood. He attended the pul lie
.schools and completed his education at
Onondaga Academy, New York.

He enlisted in Company A, Fourth
Rfgimcnt, M.\'.M., and served under
connnand of (it-neral H. F. Butler, in
Virginia, as a private for three months,
and under (reneral Banks, in Louisiana, as
a corporal for nine months. He was
taken pri.somr at the capture of Brashear
City, La.

He served a term in the Massachusetts
House of Representatives in 1876 ; was
elected a member of the State vSenate in
1886, and re-elected in 1887 ; was elected
a meml)er of the F:;xecutive Council in
l.SSS. Before the expiration of his term as
Councillor, he was elected as Represen-
tative to Congress from the Twelfth
Mas.sachusetts Congressional District. He
served eight years in Congress and re-
fused a re-nomination for a fifth term
owing to failing health. He was identi-

Thom.\s H. Cook, Brockton, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Fourth Mass. Regt., Seventh Regt, M.V.M

Minute Men of "61

JKROMK Washburn, Whitman, Ma,ss.

Minute Men of "61

4th Ma.s.s. I<t. 38th Ma.ss.: al.so idth unattached Co.

Jerome Washburn was born in Kingston,
Mass., August Zi, 1835. Came to South
Abington (now Whitman) in the Spring of
1852. Enlisted as private in Company H,
Fourth M.V.M., in 1853. He was pro-
moted Corporal in 1855, to Sergeant in
1858. To First Sergeant in 1859, and com-
missioned Third Lieutenant Jul\- 2, 1860.

About eight o'clock on the evening of
April 15, 1861, the Company received
orders to report in Boston without delay.
They reported as ordered, at 8.15 a.m.,
April 16.

The Regiment was sent to Fortress Mon-
roe, Va. On our arrival there we were
informed by the Mustering (Jfficer, that
the company would be nmstered in, in
accordance with the laws of the regular
army, and that the grade of Third Lieu-
tenant could not be recognized, and Lieu-
tenant Washburn was mustered in as pri-
vate, and served at Fortress Monroe,
Newport News and Hampton, Va., for the
term of three mouths.

Was mustered out of service at Gal-

loupe's Island, Boston Harbor, July 22,
1861.

He again enrolled as Sergeant in Com-
pany C, Thirty-Eighth Regiment, Massa-
chusetts \'olunteers on July 24, 1862, for
three years. Was promoted to Second
Lieutenant March 8, 1863, resigned and
received an honorable discharge Decem-
ber 14, 1863,

The Twentieth Unattached Company
of Massachusetts Volunteers was being
recruited in 1864, for one hundred days
for garrison duty, he enlisted in the same
August 11, 1864, and was elected Second
Lieutenant of the Company. Was dis-
charged therefrom, November 18, 1864.

On November 19, 1864, he again received
a connnission as Second Lieutenant in the
same company for one year, it having been
recruited for thai period.

He served until the close of the war,
being discharged at Galloupe's Island,
Boston Harbor, November 29, 1865.

Thom.^s Fuller. Whitman. Ma.ss.

Minute Men of '61

Co. E,4th Mass. Regrt..lSth M.V.M,

Killed May 5, 1864

Minute Men of '61

„Ani)Ki;\v Jackson Ci.akk

Jlimite Men of '61

Co. I, 4tli '.Mass, ReRt.. Co. H, 2,^(1 M.V. M.

Andkicw .Iackson Clark, Hin.iiham, Mass.
V Minute Men of 61

Co. I, 4tli :Mass. Rcut., Co. H, 23d M.V.M.

Andrew J. Clark, born in Hingham,
Mass., December 13, 1837, and is a lineal
descendant on his mother's side of General
Benjamin Ivincoln of Revolutionary fame.
His grandfather, Nehemiah Lincoln, served
in the second war with England as part of
the garrison of "The Castle," Fort Inde-
pendence, Boston Harbor. Comrade Clark,
feeling nearly certain that war with the
• South was inevitable in the vSpring of 1860,
tried to enlist in the regular army but was
^■* .rejected on account of his eyesight, which
""•i.seems singular as in the winter of 1862-3,
as a member of Company H, Twent3'-Third
Massachusetts Infantr}-, he, after several
tests at target practice, was detailed at St.
Helena Island, S. C, to serve in a com-
pany of Sharpshooters. In April, 1861, on
the call of President Lincoln for volun-
teers to serve for three months, he was
one of the very first to enlist, joining
Company I, Fourth Massachusetts Regi-
ment, Volunteer Militia Cavalry, known
as the Lincoln Light Infantry. With this
company he left Hingham on the after-
noon of April 16, and joined the Regiment
at the State House in Boston where, after
receiving a partial outfit of clothing, etc.,
march ed to the Old Colony depot and
there entrained for Fall River where he

took the steamer, "State of Maine," for
Fortress Monroe, Va., via New York City;
the latter place was not reached until about
sundown on the nineteenth. One who
was not living at that time can have no
idea of the excitement prevailing in conse-
quence of this sudden call to arms. Bos-
ton was wild with it; the streets were filled
with people cheering us on and bidding us
troil-speed. The shores of New York
Harbor from Hell Gate to the old Fall
River pier were lined \vith a multitude of
people who were nearly dazed with excite-
ment. On passing up the North river they
passed the "Baltic" and several other .
vessels that had just arrived from Fort
Sumter with Major Anderson and its gar-
ri.son. Leaving New York during the
night of the nineteenth, the " State of
Maine" proceeded on her way, arriving
off Fortress Monroe early Saturday morn-
ing, April 20. As .soon as the old flag was
discried at sunrise floating above the ram-
parts we sailed directly in and landed, the
fir.st Union Regiment insignia, and old
Fortress Monroe was .saved for the United
States (Tovernment.

He was discharged October 13, 1864, by
rea.son of expiration of term of service,
thus completing the full term,

MiNX'TE Men of '61

K( i-.icuT J;)S;_i;lyn vVcll.'iSTo:;. (juiiicx , ".\[;i>.

Mhiute Men of '61

Coiiii)aiiy II, Foiiith Massachusetts Keyiinent

Rolii-rt Jossehn was l)<)rii in Hanovt-r,
Mass., Oct(>1)er 9, 1842. He is now a rt-si-
(k-nl of W'ollaston (Ouincy) Mass., wlitTt-
he'luiS li\e<l since the as^e of ten years.

Under Pre.sident Lincoln's first call, he
enlisted May 16, 1861, in Company II,
Foiu'th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer
Militia, commanded by Captain hVanklin
Cnrtis of Qnincy, the Regiment being
commanded by Colonel Abner K. Packard.
With the company he served until mus-
tered out b}' reason of expiration of service
July 22, 1861.

Col. .\i;ni r H. P.ack.\rd. Quiiic.v, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

l<'onrth Rcyinicnt. Massachusetts Volunteers

Colonel Aimer B. Packard was born at
Ouincy, Mass., November 21, 1S21, and
after attending the public schools of his
town, started in business.

He took an active ])art in military affairs
and was promoted In- grade until he
became a Colonel and with his Regiment,
the Fourth Massachusetts, responded to
the first call for troops in April, 1861.

.Although interested in public affairs, he
never held any political office, but occupied
several places of tru.st. and, for many years,
was a Director in the National Mount
\Volla.ston Bank, and Vice-President of
the Ouincy Klectric Light and Power
Compan\-.

Cohjnel Packard was eighty-one years of
age, but of strong' constitution and to all
appearances had manv years of useful life
before him.

His demise was very sudden and un-
expected, and occurred at his home in
Ouincy, Mass., October 17, 1902.

100

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hi.Mi-.ii;. <.. 11, a:.; i; . i-. i! l .Nr>in:ii, .m.i s.

Mimitf Men of '61

1st Scryrt. C". '.■', Itli >.1;!S-. Rest, Ca!>t. 58 M.V.M.

Simeon (t. IJlamliii was liorn in Xoiion,
Mass., July 9, ISJl; .•iltiiciu-.l liini^c-li to
the State Mili'ia, Third hieutencnit in
Conipan_\- F, I'ourlh iM:issacluisetls Ke;.!-
nient. At the first call of rrtsi.ient Lin-
coln, April 15, 1S61, for troops to defend
the flay of our country, he inuned;iately
left his Inisiness andi reported at rVmeril
Hall and with his Rej-^inunt st^ated t(»
Fortress Monioe. Was soon promoted to
First Sergeant, returning- to Massachusetts
at expiration of service. He again volun-
teered as F'irst Sergeant, Company K,
F-Qiirth Massachusetts \'olunteers, com-
manded hy Colonel Henry Walker, and
proceeded to New Orleans, J^a. The Regi-
ment experienced severe duty in Ingra-
ham's brigade and other commanils at
Brazier City, Ship Island, Tort Hudson,
and the Nineteenth Army Corps under
(k-neral ISanks; he was taken a prisoner at
IJra/.ier City and soon after ]:>aroled; was
with his Regiment again at the garrison of
Port Hudson. In August, 1863, mu.stered
out at expiration of term of service.

He again volunteered as Second lyieuten-

ant in F'fty-Eighth Regiment, Massachti-
setts \'olunteers, was in charge of recruit-
ing service at Taunton; promoted to First
Lieutenant March 8, 1864, before leaving
Alexandria, \'a. Participated in the Bat-
tle of the Wilderne'-s and other engage-
ments; was commissioned Captain, August
8, 1S64, and was with his Regiment until
the close of the war.

Albkrt .S. N.'VSON, Dorchester. Ma
Minute Men of '61
Fourth Ma.ssachusett.s ReKiment

Born in Braintree, Mass., January- 7,
1837. Enlisted in Company C, Fourth
Regiment, M.V.M in 1858, was di.scharged
July, 1861. Fvulisted in Company- K,
Thirty-Third Regiment in 1862, -was trans-
ferred to Third Massachusetts Cavalr}', was
discharged May 21, 1865, at Falls Church,
Va.

MixuTi.; Mkn of '61

101

JAIMKS H. I,l-;ii.XAKi). Cocliesset. !Mass.

Alinutf Men of '61

Co. I,. Uh Mass. Kcyt.. Co. C. 2'^>th Ri-ut. :M.V.M'

I'KAXCIS ly. SofTHER

Minvite Men cf 'f 1
U, l''unilh Mas.saclnisetts Rejriiiient

Comrade James H. Iveonard l)orn at Kast
Bridgewater, Ma.ss., April 14, 1841, re-
sponded with Fourth IVIassachusetts Regi-
ment, Minute Men of '61, proceeded to
Fortress Monroe, Va., participating in
every important engagement. Nearly the
entire Regiment again volunteered for
three years. Afterwards organized as the
Twentj'-Ninth Regiment Massachusetts
Volunteers. Comrade Leonard being
assigned to Company C. The engagements
of the Regiment are recorded as Hampton
Roads, Gaines Mills, Savage's Station,
White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Second
Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg,
Jackson, Blue vSprings, Siege of Knoxville,
Campbell's Station, Cold Harbor, Peters-
burg, Weldon Railroad, Fort Steadman.
Comrade Leonard was twice wounded
(quite severely at Antietam), and was
discharged May 21, 1864. Later re-entered
the service in the Commissar}- Department,
and a portion of the time served as
mounted orderly to General Williams of
General Grant's staff. Now resides at
Cochesset, Mass.

Francis Lincoln Souther was l)orn in
Ouincy, I\Iass., on May 27, 1836, son of
Tolin L. and Marcella A. Souther.

His ancestors can be traced back to tlu'
Pilgrims on l)ot]i sides, and his great
grandfather, on the maternal side, served
in the war of the Revolution, Minute
Men of '76.

Enlisted as private in Company H,
Fourth Regiment, M.V.M.,and was one
of the Minute Men of '61.

They proceeded to Fortress Monroe, and
this Regiment with others, was called upon
to take a part in the fir.st serious conflict of
the war, the battle of Big Bethel, Va.,
June 10, 1861.

At this action, he received mortal wounds,
of which he died the same day. When
brought off the parapets, he said, " Put me
down, boys, let me lay, and do^'our duty."
He was the first soldier killed in battle
from Ouinc)'.

His body was sent home, and buried in
Mt. Wollaston Cemetery with military-
honors, upon the return of the Company
after exioiration of its term of service.

102

MiNutK Men of '61

.l.\.Mi;s r. Sii:vi-;n.s, Braintret-. Mass.

Minute Men of 'nl

],icut. Co. C. Uh Mass. Capt 42(1 Rtut. Mass. Vols.

Janics Triinl)k- vStcvciis was born in
P.rainln-(.', Mass., Juiu- KK 1S3.5. Hisoccn-
pation in life has Jiccn tlie niannfacturt- of
tacks and nails.

Ik- was iMrst Tyientenant of Company C,
I'onrtli Kc.i^inK-nt M.V.M., and at the first
call of President Lincoln for troops went
with his company to the front. Afterward
lie re-enlisted as Captain of Compan}- I,
I'orty-.Second Re.yiment, Mas.sachnsetts
Volunteers. He is a memljer of the Asso-
ciation of Minute Men of '61. Pie was the
first commander of General Sylvanns
Thayer Po.st 87, G-A-R Braintree.

He was representative to the Creneral
Court, 1876, from Braintree, and Senator
from the First Norfolk district, 1888 and
1889.

He is a memljer of Delta Lodge, F. and
A. M., Weymouth, and of vSouth Shore
Commandery.

He has served as Chief Engineer of the
Fire Department and has been for many
\ears chairman of the board of water com'-
missioners. He is President of the Brain-
tree Co-operative Bank and Trustee of the
Braintree .Savings Bank.

Coi,. IIicNRV \V.\i,ki;r. licston, Mass.

Minute Men of '61
Col. P'om-th Mas.sachnsetts Kegir.ieul

The l)onibardment of I'ort Sumter began
on April 12, 1861 ; on the fifteenth Henry
A\'alker enlisted, being the first Harvard
graduate to do so for the suppression of the
Rebellion. He had previously stitdied law
in the oflkx' of Hutchins & Wheeler. He
was appointed Adjutant of the Fourth
Massachusetts and was at his post in the
battle of Big Bethel. In the autumn of the
.same year he was appointed I/ieutenant-
Colonel of his Regiment, which was
reported by Colonel Fniery, chief of ord-
nance, "to be in better condition than
any Militia P egiment in the state. ' ' When
not engaged in the field, Colonel Walker
enlisted troops at home, being aPso the first
to engage volunteers in ^Massachusetts for
service in the war. In 1862 he was ap-
pointed Colonel of the Fourth Regiment,
was ordered to New^ Orleans, thence to
Baton Rogue, then to Port Hudson, wdiere
he took part in the famous assault. Col-
onel Walker was honorably discharged
from the army, and has received his en-
dorsement of General Banks : "He was
an honorable and patriotic ofificer. " Col-
onel Walker was in command of the
Ancient and.^Honorable'Artiller}-; Company
upon the pilgrimage to England in 1897.

Minute Men of '61

103

La., June 14, 1863. Commissioned I'irst
Lieutenant Seventy -Fifth I'.S.C.T., dis-
charged for disa!)ilit_\-, January 9, 1H6L

Was Captfiin in the vSeventh M.\' I\L in
1.S69 and 1S70 ; he is an Ex-Aklermau of
that ( it\ . Is an ( )dd Fellow and a Kni.^dit
of I'vthi IS, a comrade of Post 14, (--A-R,
Past Department Command.er of the l'-\'-T7
Depaitment of Maine.

(■,i;oK(;r; :\r. I/svkuinc. Tcnas. Me.

Minute Men of '61

Stmt. Ith :\Iass. Reed's Cav. iV 1,1. 75Ui I". S. C. T.

(ie(^rge INL Lovering lK)rn Jamiar\- 10,
l.S.^2, at .Springfield, N. 11. ; \vas educated
in the i)ul)lic schools of Randolph, ]\Iass.
He Avas one of the (original members of the
R;indoli)h Ivi.^ht Infantry, Company I),
l-'ourtli M.A'.M. on its organization in 1854
and on April 16, 1861, was made First
Sergeant and served with his Compau}-
at Fortress Monroe, Newport News and
Hampton, Va., for the term of three
months. Re-enlisted in Reed's Cavalr\-
and went to Ship Island and New Orleans
with General Butler's expedition, dis-
charged for disability at New Orleans,
June 15, 1862, and returned to Massachu-
setts.

Appointed Fir.st Sergeant Company I,
Fourth Massachusetts Volunteers and nuis-
tered into service September 23, 1862, par-
ticipated in engagements at Bisland, La.,
and in the siege and .storming of Port
Hudson, acting Lieutenant from May 3,
until the nuister out of the Regiment
August 28, 1863.

A-w-arded Medal of Honor for di,stin-
guished_bravery at^assaulton Port Hudson ,

WiLLi.^M CoRWiN. Whilinaii, Ma.ss.

Minute Men of '61

Company )•;, I'onrlh M.V.M.

Re-enli.sted in United States Nav
two years, May 29, 1862. Died (off P
cola, Fla.) on board ship " Nighting
September 26, 1863.

y for

ensa-
ale,"

104

Minute Men of '61

James I^. Sherman. Providence. R. I.

Minute Men of '61

4th Mass. Regt. 1st 14. and Adjt. 23d Mass. Vols.

Born in " vSheldonville," Wrenthani,
Mass., October 11, 1841, of Revolutionary
ancestors. His maternal great grandfather
Joseph Shepard, Jr., was one of the Min-
ute Men of 1775-6, at Concord, Bunker
Hill and Rhode Island. Of his ancestors
and kinsmen on paternal side, many are
found who distinguished themselves both
in peace and war.

Early in life he removed to Foxborough,
Mass., where he was being educated in the
public and private schools, up to the day
of the first call of President Ivincoln for
troops.

He first enlisted tor three months, as
private in Company F, Fourth Massachu-
setts Regiment, "Warren lyight Guards,"
on April 16, 1861. On his return home he
enlisted as a private in Company K,
Twenty-Third Massachusetts Regiment for
three years; was promoted to Corporal,
vSergeant, Second Lieutenant, First I.vieu-
tenant and Adjutant, and was mustered
out on last rank October 15, 1864.

He married February 12, 1864, Funice
D. Burgess, of Providence, R. I., whose

great grandfather, Nathaniel Phillips, of
R. 1., served in the Revolution and was a
Captain and Quartermaster on the staflf of
( ".t'lK-ral \\'asliington.

His \oungest son, James G. S. Sherman,
was one of the Minute Men in the late
Spanish-American war, serving as a private
in the United States Marine Corps.

Residence, Providence, R. I., and post-
office address City Hall, where he would be
l)leased to greet any of his old comrades.

Robert Dollard, .Scotland, So. Dakota.

Minute Men of '61

4th Mass. Capt. and Maj. 2d U. .S. Cd'd Cav.

Robert Dolland, Private Company B,
Fourth Massachusetts Infantry, April 15,
to July 22, 1861, Sergeant, First Sergeant
and Second Ivieutenant. Company E,
Twenty-Third Mas.sachusetts Regiment,
September 5, 1861 to January 1, 1864.
Captain, Second United States Colored
Cavalry from January 1, to October 1, 1864,
and Major commanding Regiment there-
after until close of the war. Mustered out
February 12, 1866, at Brogas, Santiago,
Texas, where he took his Regiment to fight
Maximillian.

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105

lylKUT. p;n\VARD A. SrUAR

Minute Men of '61

Co. H, 4th Mass. Capt. Co. D, 39th Mass. Vols.

Captain E<lward A. Spear was born in
Ouincv, Mass., December 7, 1816, and
died there Jnne 25, 1897. He enlisted
from Ouinc}' and was mustered in as First
lyieutenant of Company H, Fourth Regi-
ment Massacliixsetts Infantry, April 22,

1861, to serve three months. He served
at Fortress Monroe, Newport News, and
Hampton, Va., and participated in engage-
ment at Big Bethel ; mustered out July 22,
1861.

Re-enlisted and mustered in as Captain
Company D, Thirty-Ninth Regiment Mas-
sachusetts Volunteer Infantry, August 14,

1862, to serve for three years. Partici-
pated in the engagements at Mine Run,
Va., Nov. 26 to 30 ^ 1863 ; Wilderness, Va.,
Mav 5 to 7; Laurel Hill, May 8 to 10;
The Angle, Mav 12, 1864; Spottsylvania,
May 12 to 18; 'North Anna, 23 to 27;
Bethesda Church, May 30; Cold Harbor,
June 1 to 5, White Oak Swamp, June 10 to
12 ; Petersburg, June 17 to 24, and Weldon
Railroad, Julv 18, 19, and August 18 to 21,
1864.

Was wounded in both engagements at
Weldon Railroad, and discharged for dis-
ability September 9, 1864. Since the war
Captain Spear had been honored with inany
evidences of respect b}- his fellow towns-
men. He was a member of Paul Revere
Post 88, G-A-R.

Joshua T. Bryant, Whitman. Mass.

Minute Men of '61
Co. E, Fourth Massachusetts Regiment

Joshua T. Bryant, born September 4,
1830, Corporal Company R, Fourth Massa-
chusetts Regiment, Whitman (formerly
South Abington ) . A member of the Massa-
chusetts Militia, promptl}- responded to the
first call of President L,incoln, April 15,
1861, he served at Fortress Monroe, Va.,
Newport News and Hampton, Va., for the
term of three months was nuistered out of
service at Galloupe's Island, Boston Har-
bor, July 22, 1861, was a memljer of Post
68, Dorchester, Mass., from February, 1886,
to January 1895, also a member of Massa-
chusetts Lodge of Masons, Saint Paul's
Royal Arch Chapter and Dehaley Com-
mandery of Knights Templars. Was a
lineal descendant of the Senior John
Bryant, of Plympton, Mass., who was a
member of the General Court in 1677, one
of the proprietors of Narraganset Town-
ship Number 4, (now Greenwich Mass.) to
which the lands were granted in 1737 for
meritorious conduct, also in the line was
his grandfather Joshua Bryant of Plympton
who responded for duty upon the Lexing-
ton and Concord alarm April 19, 1775,
serving in Captain Laring's Company, also
his father, Cephas Bryant of Plympton,
Mass,, served in the war of 1812, in Cap-
tain Asa Thompson's Company, Halifax,
Mass. Joshua T. Bryant was born in South
Hanson, Mass., September 4, 1830, die<l in
Neponset, Mass., March 21, 1901.

106

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Alonzo M. Shaw. Roslindale, Mass.

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Co. F, Fourth Mass. Regt. 1st Mass. Cav.

Alonzo M. vSliaw enlisted in Company F,
P'onrth Regiment Massachusett.s Volunteer
Militia, April 15, 1861, serving at Fortress
Monroe and vicinity, and re-entered the
service September 19, 1861, in Fir.st Massa-
chusetts Volunteers Cavalry. Served in
South Carolina, and Florida and was at
the battle of St. James Bluff in latter state;
was disabled on picket duty at Barnwell's
Plantation and was honoraljly discharged
April 22, 1863.

Peter N. Sprague, Hinuliani. Mass.
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Co. I, 4th Ma.ss. Regt. Capt. 4th & .S5th M.V.M.

Peter N. Sprague was born in Ilingham,
December 16, 1826. Sergeant in Company
I, Fourth Regiment M.V.M I^incoln Light
Infantr\', and was three months at Fortress
Monroe, Newport News and Hampton, Va.,
April to July, 1861. On May 26, 1862, ap-
peared on Boston Common for active ser-
vice as Second I^ieutenant. Services not
required and sent home. Captain Com-
pany I, Fourth Regiment, M.V.M June 23,
1862. Honorabl)- discharged September
29, 1862. Commissioned Second I^ieuten-
ant, Plfty-Fifth Massachusetts Infantry,
Company A, September 24, 1864. First
I^ieutenant, April 1, 1865. Mustered out
August 29, 1865, at Mount Pleasant,
vS. C, and finally discharged at Galloups's
Island, Boston Harbor, September 25, 1865.
Served at Jame's Island, Money Hill and
siege of Charleston, S. C.

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107

George A. Edsox. W'liitinaii. Mass.

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Co. F„ 4th Ma.ss. Regt. Seru^t. 1st Mass. Cav.

George A. Edson was born in Kast
Bridgewater, Mass., June 2.S, 1840. On
the morning of April 16, 1<S61, he went to
work in Hobart's steam mill carrying his
dinner. Hearing Captain Allen of South
Abington was to leave with Company E,
Eourth M.V.M. that morning for Boston,
left his dinner pail at the mill, took the
first conveyance he could secure for South
Abington, joined C<>m]iany I{ and went
with them to the front. Served at Fortress
Monroe, Newport News and Hampton,
\'a. , three months. Discharged to Boston,
Jidy 22, 1861. Re-enlisted November 19,
1861, in Company I, Independent Bat-
talion Massachusetts Cavalry, later the
Fourth for three years. Promoted Cor-
poral August 11, 1863. Discharged Decem-
ber 31, 1863, to re-enlist. Re-enlisted Jan-
uary 1, 1864, in same Company and Bat-
talion for three years. Promoted Sergeant
August 23, 1864, and First Sergeant Janu-
ary 1, 1865. He participated in battles of
Morris Island, Siege of Forts Wagner and
Sumter, S. C, Deep Bottom, Petersburg,
High Bridge, Va., and others. While act-

ing as Mounted Orderly for Brigadier--
deneral J. B. Howell, at one of the many
engagements with the enemy, the General
having been made unconscious from the
effects of the enemy's fire, Edson carried
him to the rear, under a rain of shot and
shell. For this and other acts of coolness
and l)raver}', he was earnestly recom-
mended for promotion in a letter written
to Governor Andrew by General Howell.
He was taken prisoner at battle of High
Bridge, April 6, 1865, but escaped from
his captors the night following, reaching
the lines in safety on the ninth, the day
of Lee's surrender. Was commissioned
Second Lietitenant by Governor Andrew,
July 13, 1865. Later Edson's command
acted as military police in Richmond, Va.,
tintil November, 1865, when he was finally
discharged at Boston, Mass. , November 14,
1865, after a continued service in his coun-
try's defence of fotir years and three
months. Residence Whitman, Mass.

I^EWis Goii.niNCi. \Vliitiiiaii. Mass.

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4th Mass. Kesrt. Hospital Steward

Lewis (Moulding enlisted at the call of
Governor Andrew April 15, 1861, in
Companv F, INI.V.M. He was injured in
the battle of Big Bethel June 10, 1861.
Discharged July 21, 1861. Re-enlisted
September, 3, 1862, as army nurse, and
charged for diaabilitv November, 1862.

108

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James Brown, Taunton, Mass.

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Fourth Mass. Regt. Major 3M Mass. Vols.

Major James Brown, Ijorn in Swansea,
Mass., September 19, 1828. GracUiated
Brown University 1850, Admitted Bristol
County Bar, 1852. Re.sided in Taunton,
Mass. Was Corporal in (Taunton Ivight
Guard) Company G, M.V.M., when Gov-
ernor Andrew called for troops, l^eft home
April 16, 1861 for three months. On his
return raised Compan\- (B of the Thirty-
Third Massachusetts), of which he was
commissioned Captain, afterwards Major.
Resigned summer of 1863. Was twice
elected Representative to Ivegislature, also
to Senate. Died February 19, 1893.

Nath.^niel Ebf;nezer Glover, Quincy, Ma.ss.

Minute Men of '61

Company H, Fourtli Massachusetts Regiment

Nathaniel Ebenezer rxlover, born in
Ouincy, Mass., February 20, 1836, son of
John Bass, and Margaret F. G. Reed
Glover.

He early became identified with the
militia and at the outbreak of the Rebel-
lion, enlisted in Company H, Fourth Regi-
ment, September 22, 1861, under Colonel
Abner Packard, served three months, and
was mustered out July 22, 1861.

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109

Hknry S. Braden, Sotiier\'il!e. Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. K, 4th Mass. Re.trt.. Co. K, 29th Mass. Regt. Vol.

Henry S. Braden. has a very honorable
war record, in active service three years.
Mustered in INIay l.S, 1861, going to Fort-
ress Monroe Va., promoted from Second
Sergeant to Sergeant IMajor, Second I^ien-
tenant. First I^ieiitenant and Adjntant of
his Regiment, his company was temporar-
ily attached to the old Fourth Massachu-
setts Volunteers three months troops, here
he was appointed Color Bearer b}- Colonel
Packard, commanding, when the three
months' men's time expired, the seven
three years companies remaining were
formed into Massachusetts Battalion Cap-
tain Barnes, commanding, sometime later,
three niore companies arriving, the
Twenty-Ninth Regiment was formed, some
of the important battles in which these
troops were engaged beginning with Big
P>ethel, the seven daj-s battles in front of
Richmond Siege of Knoxville. Siege of
Vicksluirg, Miss. H. S. Braden is a mem-
ber of W. C. Kinsley, Post 139 G-A-R
Somerville and a Past Commander, and
. was a Court Officer in the United States
Marshals Office, Postoffice building, Bos-
ton. Died June 26, 1905.

GeorCxE Bailey White. Randolph, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. D, Fourth Ma.ssachusetts Regiment

George Bailey White, of Randolph,
Mass., was born in 1835 and enlisted April
16, 1861, in Company D, F^'ourth Massachu-
setts Volunteer Infantry. Mii.stered out
July 22, 1861. He re-enhsted, August 31,
1861, and served in Porter's F'irst Massa-
chiisetts Ivight liattery for a term of three
years.

He was killed at Harrison's Landing,
Va., on July 13, 1862.

Minute Men of '61

John 1\. Bicki-ord, Whitman, :\Iass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. K, 4th Reg-t. vSergt. Co. C, 3Sth Mas.s. Reg-t.

John R. Bickford born in Dover, N. H.,
March 17, 1838. When the order came
from the Governor, April 15, 1861, he was
already a member of Company R, Fourth
Mas.sachusetts Volunteer Militia, having
drilled throughout the previous winter to
be in readiness for the call. The uniforms
worn at the time of the call were provided
and owned by each member.

This was the first organized Companj' to
report for duty in Boston, April 16, 1861,
at 8.15 a.m., quarters being at Faneuil
Hall, at which place a canteen, a rubber
haversack, a loaf of bread and half a ham
were given each of us. Through the
State House we marched on the afternoon
of April 17 , and each man was there
supplied with a blue shirt, gray overcoat
and a new Springfield rifle.

On the evening of April 17, the Fourth
Regiment left Boston, arriving at Fortress
Monroe at midnight, April 19, and at a
critical period. At sunrise up went the
American flag on the Fort. At the same
time up went our flag on the steamer
"State of Maine." Cheers were given.

Three hundred regulars were watching us,
ready to l)low us out of the water. We
landed and were welcomed Ijy the regulars
who stood by the flag.

We contributed greatly to the saving for
the Union of that vitally important
strategic position, Fortress Monroe, with
its vast stores of ordnance and other sup-
plies. General Winfield Scott regarded
this fortification as more important from
a military standpoint than Washington.
Cf)mrade Bickford was the first .soldier to
land at Fortress Monroe, April 20, 1861 ,
and was at the Battle of Big Bethel, June
10, 1861. He again enlisted July 24, 1862,
as Corporal in Company C, Thirty-Fighth
Massachusetts Volunteers. He partici-
pated in the Ijattles at Cane River and
Port Hudson, I^a., and was promoted to
SergL-ant, acting as First Sergeant during
the campaign of 1864, and Opequan Creek,
Berryville, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek
in Virginia, in 1864. He was wounded at
Opequan Creek, also at Cedar Creek. He
was an eye witness of the arrival of
General Sheriden at the front on October
19, 1864, prior to the. grand advance upon
and the crushing defeat of the enemy.

He was discharged June 30, 1868, at
close of war, at Savannah, Ga. Since the
Rebellion he has served as First Lieu-
tenant in the F'ifth Massachusetts Volun-
teer Militia. He is now a resident of
Whitman, Mass.

e;xtract

' ' A mere civillian can neither compre-
hend nor appreciate the deep devotion felt
for one another by men who have together
faced death upon the battlefield."

C. C. Coffin,
" Cauleton.

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Charles F. Allen, Whitman, Mass.

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Co. E, 4th Mass. Maj. 38th Mass. R't. Col. U. S. Vols.

Major C. V. Alleii was liorii in Oak Hill,
Sanford, Me., July 16, 1834. Knlisted as
a private in Company E, Fotirtk Regiment,
M.V.M. in 1861; was promoted Corporal,
1854; Sergeant, 1856; commissioned First
Ivieutenant, April, 1858, and Captain in

1860. April 15, 1861, the Massachusetts
Militia was ordered by John A. Andrew to
report in Boston forthwith, and Captain
Allen, with fift_v-four men of Company K
of Abington, was the very earliest to
re.spond, arriving in Boston ready for dut}-
at 8.15 a.m., April 16. The Regiment was
.sent to the relief of Fortress Monroe, Va. ,
and serving there and at Newport News
and Hampton, Va., for the term of three
months; was mustered out of service at
(lalloupe's Island, Boston Harbor, July 22,

1861. In May, 1862, he was commissioned
as Major in the P'ourth M.V.M. , after-
wards resigning to accept commiSvSion as
Captain of Company C, Thirty-Eighth
IVIassachusetts Volunteer Infantr}', August
14, 1862. With the Regiment he pro-
ceeded to Louisiana, where he served as
Assistant Inspector General, in the Third

Division of the Nineteenth Army Corps, to
which position he was assigned on January
13, 1863, by General William H. Emory.
Afterwards serving in the same position
under Generals II. E. Paine, Dwight and
Franklin, and as First Inspector General;
as Provo.st Mar.shal at Baton Rouge, La. ,
under General P. St. George Cook. Dur-
ing this time, July 16, 1863, was commis-
sioned as Major of the Thirty-Eighth
^Massachusetts Infantry. In September,
1865, at his own request he was relieved
from staff duty to rejoin his Regiment then
stationed in Virginia, and upon his arrival
was assigned as Assistant Inspector Gen-
eral on the staff of General Cuvia A.
Grogan .

vSoon after this was ordered to take com-
mand of the Second Brigade, Second Divi-
sion in Nineteenth Army Corps, and
proceeded to Winchester, Va., and relieved
Colonel Pvdwards" Brigade, which was then
doing garrison duty at the above place.
He took part in the battles of Bisland, La.,
April 13, the siege of Port Hudson, in
I\Iay, June and Juh' of 1863 ; Opequan
Creek, September 19, Fi.sher's Hill, Sep-
tember 22, and Cedar Creek, October 19,
1864. October 19, 1864, was brevetted
Lieutenant-Colonel, and Colonel of the
United States Vohmteers, ' ' for conspicu-
ous gallantry on the field." Was after-
■ wards sent with the Regiment to Savannah,
Ga., and assigned to dut}- in charge of the
construction of fortifications, and also on
repairs and reconstruction of the Savannah
\\'ater Works. Again ordered to report at
Augusta Ga., to act as Provost Marshal for
General Molonieux. Was relieved from
this dutv in June, 1865, to join his Regi-
ment, and was mu.stered ovit of service at
Savannah, Ga., on June 30, 1865. Major
Allen deems the occupation of Fortress
Monroe, by the three months' troops in
April, 1861, as one of the chief events of
the Civil War, if not of the very first im-
portance, as it commanded the entrance to
Chesapeake Bay, and also held the key to
the Potomac River and the Capitol at
Washington, D. C.

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ISAAC S. Clark, Chelsea, Mass.

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Co. C, 4th Mass. Re.e:t.

Catt. James H. Os(;oon, 1'ast. PrivS.

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4th and 29th Mass. Rests. (dece;ised)

SuROT. lAMAN B. Whiton, Hiugham, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. I, 4th Mass. I,t. 32d Mass. Mj. 3d Regt. M. H. A.

BiiNj.AMiN K. Caswki-L, Whitman, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

1st Sergt. 4th Mass. Sergt. Co. K, ISth Ma.ss.

Killed August 30, 1862

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113

ClicoRci-; M. Adams, Hiimhani, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. I. 4th Ma.ss. Co. II, .S.Sili Mass.

Wll.Ll.A^M H. IIowE. PIvcrett. Mass.

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C ). K. 4th Mass. Serjrt. & I^. 29th Regt. Mass. Yo]:-

Kr.^xk Corwin, Hanover, :Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. C, Fourth Mass. Regt. (deceased)

Alonzo W. Fxtller, Chelsea, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. F, 4tli Mass. Co. C, 35th Kegt. Mass. Vols.

114

Minute Men of '61

Henry Humble, Whitinau, :\Iass. I^uther Stephexson, Hingham, Jlass.

Minute Men of '61 Minute Men of '61.

Co. E. 4th :\Iass. Lt. Co. E. 4th Mass. Vols. 9 nios. 4th Mass. I,t. Col. 32d M.V.M. Brig. Gen U. S. Vols.

Alfbed a. Lincoln, Hingham, Ma.ss.

Minute Men of '61

Co. I, 4th Mass., Co. E, 32d Regt. Mass. Vols.

WiLLl.\M H. M.4INE, Whitman, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. p:, 4lh Mass. Sergt. Co. E, 4th Mass. 9 mos.

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115

JAMKS N. MacKay, Randolph, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Corp. Co. K, Fourth Massachusetts Reiiinient

John II, Church, Taunton, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Company G, Fourth Massachu.setts Regiment

W:\i. 11. :Marston, Somer\-ille. Mass. (ilicd 19ii6) Bexjamix K. Barrett, Whitman, Mass.

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Co. I, 4th Mass. Corp. Co. C, 23d Regt. IMass. Vols. Co. E, 4th Mass. Regt. Co. C, 38th Regt. M.V.M.

116

Minute Men of '61

John H. Crafts, p:;ast I'.ostoii, Mass''

Minute Men of '61
Co. K. 4th Mass. 29th Rcirt. Mass. Vols.

CHARLE.S H. HAYDEN

Minute Men of '61
Co. I„ 4th ]Mass. Co. C. 29th Rest. Mass. Vols.

Walter ICdward Nason

Minute Men of '61

Fourth Massacliusetts Regiment (tleceased)

Andrew J. Stetson, Whitman, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. F. 4th Mass. Co. D, 3Sth Mass.

Killed in Battle Sept. 19, 1S64

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117

James H. Wetherkll, Whitmai!, Mass.

Minute Jlen of '61
Co. K. 4th Mass. 1st I^t. 13th_Maine Vols.

Seth p. Gurney, Whitman, Mass.

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^o. E, 4th Mass. Co. D, 38th Ma.ss. Vols.

David T. H.\rt.shobx, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Minute Men of '61

Companj- F, Fourth INIassachusetts Regiment

William F. Storey, Taunton, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Company B, Fourth JIassachusctts Regiment

118

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Otis S. Witherkll, Whitman, Mass.

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Company K, Fourth ^Massachusetts Kcyinient

William R. Kobkrts, Randolph, Mass.

INIinute :\Ien of '61

Company A, }-ourtli Massachusetts Regiment

Alv-.\ a. (luHNKY, Whitman, Blass.

Minute Men of '61
Co. E, 4th Mass. Co. K, 7th Mass. Vol.

Thomas Taylor, West Medford, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. E, 4th Mass. Co. C, 38th Regt. Mass. Vols.

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119

James M. Cushmax, Taunton. Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Company (',. Fourth Ma.ssachusetts Rcirinient

Joii.N- C. Bbook.s. Boston. Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. A, 4tli Mass. Re.et. Co. D, iOth :\I.V.M.

Morton E. Haading, Abington, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. E, 4th Mass. Regt., Sergt. Co. E, 4th Regt.

TiET'T. Zaccheus Shkr.m.\x. Tauuton, Mass.

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Fourth Massachusetts Volunteers

120

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Timothy Rhkd, Whitman, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. K. 4th Mass. Capt. Co. D, 3Sth Mass. (deceased)

Eze.^ Vin.\l, Jr.

Minute Men of '61

Co. K, 4th Mass. 29th JIass. (deceased)

Jo-SHUA T. Bnv.vNT. Whitman, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. E, 4th Mass. Regt. (deceased)

Joseph A. .Steingardt, Whitman, Mass.

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4th Mass. Regt. Co. C, 3Sth Mass (deceased)

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121

WiLLiAJi W. (>t:s. Avon. Mass.

ISIinute Jlen of '61

Company D. Fourth :MassachuseUs Reifinicnt

lyiET-T. I.oiTS SorLi;, Whitman, IVIa.ss.

Minute Men of '61

Co. f:. Ff uitli :\Ii;ss. Capl. Fourth Mass. Vols. 9 mcs.

Samuel W. Reed. Whitman. Ma;
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Fourth Massachusetts Reurinient

WiLLi.\:.i H. S\vi:i:t. Foxhoro. Mass.

Minute Men of '61

C^ mpai'.y I". Fourth Massachusetts Regiment

THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES ACCOMPANINYG THE
INDIVIDUAL PICTURES, WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, HAVE
BEEN FURNISHED BY THE PERSONS THEMSELVES.

Fifth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of Y)l

vSKETCH

of the

FIFTH RKGIMFXT, M. V. M.

liy \\ii.LiA:\r T. EUSTis

Standing out clearly in the records of
the state, the Fifth Regiment is the oldest
of militia organizations, save the Ancient
andHonorable Artillery Compan\-. It was
organized in 1786 and from that date to
the present time has held its organization
except at short intervals when bitter
opposition against all militia caused the
troops to remain inactive, bnt the spirit
that always prevails in lojal hearts could
not and did not discourage them so that
the changing years and men found the
Fifth Regiment ready to answer "Here"
when the call was made in those stirring-
days of April, 1861. When President
Abraham Lincoln made his first call for
seventy-five thousand men, this gallant
body of officers and men could not remain
silent nor passive, so that on April 15,
1861, Colonel vSamiiel C. Lawrence
tendered the services of the Regiment to
that never-to-be-forgotten War Governor
of Massachusetts, John A. Andrew. The
offer was accepted and on the nineteenth,
orders were issued to report for dut\-.

It is thus seen that old methods of
organization were then in force.

On the afternoon of Arpil 20, 1861, the
companies were ordered to report in
historic Faneuil Hall and the troops
promptly on time, were received by an
enthusiastic people filling all the streets.
In the gray of Sunda_\- morning, on the
twenty-first, » the line was formed in
Faneuil Hall square and march taken up
for the Boston and Albany depot, leav-
ingthere about 5.30 a.m., for New
York. All along the route the Regiment
received an enthusiastic reception ; at
Worcester, Springfield, Hartford, Xew

Haven and vStamford, the train was sur-
rounded 1)\' a loyal people giving the boys
of the gallant Fifth a royal welcome and an
earnest prater for their success. The
same welcome was accorded in New York,
where the crowd was so great that there
Avas some difficult_\- in marching. That
night we were marched aboard the
steamer Ijound for Fortress Monroe and
Annapolis. At Annapolis we took posses-
,sion of the depot and railroad and all the
property not personal. After a short delay
we started for the Relay House then
thought to be occupied by the Baltimore
rebels. We arrived before daylight and
finding no enemy went into bivouac. So
thoroughly tired were we that nature
demanded a good rest and the writer
remembers vividly of camping on the
bare earth l)eside Major Keyes and was so
exhausted that he did not awake until
long after sunrise, finding one cheek
blistered by the hot rays of the sun when
he was called for a "snatch" breakfast.
We then marched down the railroad
track for Washington, leaving a guard at
each railroad bridge. Upon arrival in
Washington we went directl\' to the
Treasury Building. < )n April 23 the
baggage arrived and the day was made
glad !)}• a visit from that grandest of men,
President Lincoln, who expressed grati-
tude for the prompt response to his call
and complimented the officers upon the
appearance of the Regiment. May 25,
the order came for advance to Alexandria
then occupied by the rebels. General
Mansfield highly complimented the Regi-
ment saying that he had "never witnessed
a similar order more speedily and
promptly executed. ' ' We crossed the long
bridge at midnight and arrived just out-
side Alexandria before daylight, going into
a field about half a mile from the city
which we named Camp Andrew in honor

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of His Excellency, the Governor of Massa-
chusetts. Within a few hours a detail was
made from the Regiment for a Provost
Marshal, and guard for the city. In
accordancf therewith lyieutenants Shep-
pard and Potter with Kustis as Orderly
Sergeant and one hundred men, marched
into the city and took quarters in a large
brick house at the corner of King street as
Headquarters, taking charge of the body
of the gallant Colonel Ellsworth who had
been shot that morning in the Marshall
House by the drunken rebel proprietor.

Ma}' 29, orders were received to be ready
to march at a moment's notice. June 14
we were reviewed by President I^incoln
and his Cabinet and termed bj- them the
"Steady Fifth" on account of gentlemanly
conduct and solderly bearing. There is
no need to give details, Imt it must be
said that the first seventeenth of June,
passed in camp, was royally celel^rated
and Company H ( Charlestown ) gave a
grand dinner.

Jul}' 13, orders were received to pack
personal baggage and store in Alexandria,
the sixteenth, knapsacks were packed and
left as ordered ; with three da3's' rations
and in light marching order we set our
faces towards the enemy. The Fifth, in
Colonel W. B. Franklin's Brigade having
been honored with the right of division
under General S. P. Heintzleman, was at
the head of the column. Here it might be
proper to sa\- that all the citizens of
Alexandria sent in a monster petition that
the Provost guard be retained there, bi:t
tlie boys all insisted upon "following the
colors" and would not remain behind.
About seven o'clock the Regiment went
into bivouac but ir. less than an hour an
alarm was given and several prisoners
were brought in. On the seventeenth the
march -was resumed with skirmishes con-
stantl\- at the front ; the enemy was
frequent!}- seen, lait out of range.

July 1<S, Company D had a short en-
counter with the enemy killing two men
and taking four prisoners. On the twen-
tieth orders were received to prepare for
an advance and three da} s' rations were
distributed. We went into camp at

Centerville, but the next day at 1.30 a.m.,
the order came "fall in lively." Never
can the writer forget the sight as the
sun came tip ; during the night there had
been a heavy thunder storm and as the
first rays of the sun glistened upon that
loyal army in the valley alaout Centerville
someone struck up in splendid voice the
"Star Spangled Banner" and from every
patriotic soul that grand old anthem made
the echoes ring. As we neared the field
of Bull Run we found the battle had
already opened and we soon received the
order to "double quick." In the open
field at the brow of the hill Colonel
Ivawrence was wounded but the steady
Fifth under Ivieutenant Colonels (rreen
and Pierson kept on. F'illing into a
sunken road, we came in direct contact
with the enemy and it was here that
Color-Sergeant W. H. I^awrence was
killed. I am confident he was the first
color-sergeant to fall in defence of his
country, and a more gallant soldier never
served or died.

In this position for more than two hours
the Regiment remained and fought
bravely, losing five killed and eleven
wounded. "Stonewall" Jackson's bat-
teries having our exact range, no mortal
man could stand longer. However much
has been said about the rout and disorder,
it should be said here in emphatic terms
that the Steady Fifth retired in good order
and, upon return to Centerville, halted
for five hours, and thence under orders,
took up a steady march back to Alex-
andria. It may not be out of place also,
to say here that although the term of
service of the Regiment expired the
nineteenth while some other regiments
refused to go on, the Fifth was made of
sterner stuff and voted unanimouslv to
continue as long as needed.

After a day's delay at Alexandria we
returned to Washington and were ordered
home. July 30, we arrivetl on Boston
Common and were welcomed by a grand
ovation of loving relatives and friends.
It has seemed to the writer that the P'ifth
has not received the recognition which is
its due. In the book published by the

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National Tribune of Washington on the
"Early Days of War, "the Fifth is not
even mentioned as present for duty, and
yet it can be said without fear of dispute
that no Regiment in those days did more
to sustain the Government than did the
steady, gallant Fifth. The writer ma}- V)e
pardoned if he refers more particularly
to the Company of which he had the
honor of being a member, Company I,
(afterwards changed to Company B,)'the
Somerville Light Infantry, commanded by
that grand and loyal citizen, Captain Geo.
(). Brastow ; First Lieutenant William H.
Robinson, vSecond Lieutenant Fred R.
Kingsley. It was composed of the sons
of the first families iu that splendid little
city. Young men in their teens, or in the
first flush of early manhood, with that
love of country which asks no questions,
stood read}- to do or die, and without a
thought of bount}-, pension or reward of
any kind, put on their uniforms at the
order and set their faces towards the
South.

One instance alone shows the temper
and character of all. One member of the
company, April 20, upon going to dinner
at the American House, met the old hero,
Captain Brastow, just as they were going
into the dining room and then learned for
the first time that the Company and Regi-
ment were ordered to the front. Without
waiting a moment, he returned to the
store where he was a junior partner and
informed the senior that he was going to
the war. Having several business matters
to close up he did not have time to go to
his home in Brookline to bid his family of
loved ones good bye. A younger brother
from Maine was then with him on a visit
and insisted that he, too, would go. A
uniform to fit was presented by one of the
old City Guard, the citizen's dress was
left in a store on Federal street and taking
a carriage to Somerville he arrived just in
time to "fall in" and march to Faneuil
Hal. All the Company was ni'ide of just
such men and there never was an organiza-
tion that could more properl}- be termed
"Minute Men." The writer, afterwards
enlisting and serving in various bodies,
takes pleasure in saying that the "first

call" and service were the most patriotic
of all and that a better class of loyal,
earnest-thinking men could never be
organized in company or regiment. Kven
if this book is for a record of the "Minute
Men," this statement should be made,
viz. The men of the Fifth Regiment
plainly showed their character and
lo)-alty by re-enlisting after the first term
had expired and all through their after
service retained their regimental number.
Scores and scores of the officers and men
took higher rank and did splendid ser-
vice, and a volume might be written of
their valour and worth. The Steady Fifth
still retains its number and its high stand-
ard for gallant bearing. May it ever be
readv for dutv!

SKETCH

of the

FIFTH MASvSACHUSKTTS REGIMENT

by GEORGE W. NA.SOX.

To the thousands of brave men and true
who, at one time or another, were associ-
ated with the Fifth Massachusetts Regi-
ment the name is hallowed by precious
memories. The records of the state
show that as earl}- as 1786 there was
a regiment of infantry in Massachusetts
known as the Fifth Regiment of Light
Infantrv, and, singidarly, the companies
composing it came from practically the
same places and localities as those which
composed the regiment in the War of the
Rebellion. The similarity of names would
indicate very man}- in the ranks were lineal
descendants of earlier members.

In 1840, l)y legislative act, the state
militia was re-organized and the number
of the Fifth Regiment was changed to the
Fotirth Regiment of Light Infantry, and
the companies composing it were raised in
the vicinity of Bo.ston and I^owell. In
1846 another re-organization took place
and four companies of the old command
were disbanded for various reasons. In
1855 it will be recalled by man}- of the old
soldiers and per.sons interested in military
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the existing militia laws, but this move-
ment met with defeat in the General Court.
One of the results of this movement, how-
ever, was tlie (lisbanihnent of the Fourth
Regiment of l^ight Infantry and the reor-
ganization of a new Fifth, restoring their
original numljer. This new Regiment had
companies from Charlestown, Cambridge,
Somerville, W'olnirn, Waltham, Winches-
ter and Concord. Colonel J. Durrell Green
was in conunand of the Fovirth when it
was disbanded, having served from 1851 to
1855. He was re-elected unanimously to
command the new P~ifth Regiment but
declined the honor by refusing to qualify.
Charles B. Rogers was elected colonel and
served the Regiment with the greatest
credit for several \ears.

The names of the commanding officers
of the Regiment from 1840 to 1861 follow': —
Colonel, Charles Carter, 1841-1844.
Colonel, Royal Douglass, 1844-1847.
Colonel, Samuel Blanchard, 1848.
Colonel, Moses F. Winn, 1848-1850.
Colonel, J. Durrell (Vreen, 1851-1855.

When Colonel Rogers took command in
1855 the roster was as follows: —

Caplain, Thomas Heald, Companj- A,

Concord .
Caplain, George (). Brastow, Company B,

Somerville.
Compaii}- C, Waltham, no captain.

Captain, J. M. Robertson, Compau}' D,

Charlestown.
Caplain, F. (). Prince, Company £),

Winchester.
Caplain, J. 1). (Vreen, Company F,

Cambridge.
Captain, S. B. White, Company G,

Woburu .
Captain, G. V. Sanger, Company H,

Charlestown.

The- call for troops in April, 1861, was
recei\'ed with great enthusiasm by the
oiTicers and men, and on the evening of
April 15, a meeting was held at which the
services of the command that same day,
were tendered to (xovernor John A.
Andrew and accepted. The Regiment
proceeded to Washington, following di-
rectly after the Sixth, which was assaulted
at Baltimore.

In the succeeding chapters written and
compiled Ijy Comrades James H. Griggs
and William T. Fustis will be foiind inter-
esting data concerning the first services of
the Fifth at the front.

FIFTH MASSACHUSFTTS
V( )FUNTEFR.

by J.\ME.S H. GRIGGS.
The services of the Fifth Massachusetts
Regiment during the first three months'
service is parti}' given in the official records
of the Adjutant General of Massachu.setts
for the year 1861.

There were, ho\vever, many interesting
facts and occurrences experienced b}- the
memljers of that gallant Regiment which
have never been published although they
appear as a matter of record in the private
diaries and letters .sent to their friends at
home.

There is, aside from the purely military
record of any organization, another phase
which has to do more with the daily occur-
rences, with personal reminiscences, and
with such a recital of events as may pre-
sent themselves to one who was a partici-
pant, and whose words, written from
memor}- after a lapse of forty-eight jears,
unofficial and disjointed as they ma}- be,
will surely prove of interest to the public ;
also to the surviving comrads whose good
fortune it was to respond to the call of
President Fincoln in April, 1861, and to
have been permitted to take an active and
honorable part . in the stirring events of
that critical time. The high character and
efficiency of the commanding officers of
the Regiment, the sturdy manhood of the
rank and file, the splendid discipline and
perfect drill attained during the stay of the
Regiment at Washington and Alexandria,
placed them, when called upon to meet
the enemy in actual conflict, among the
most effective of the volunteer organiza-
tions of that time.

Comrades and friends will surely recall
the triumphal progress on that Sabbath
morning, from Boston through Massachu-
.setts and Connecticut ; the throngs of peo-
ple at the railroad stations ; the pealing of

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many church bells ; the hot cofifee and food
provided at ever\- stopping place ; the pas-
sage through New York and the anxiety of
our comrades lest we be too late in arrival
at Washington.

The ^■ital points to be secured, were first,
the City of Washington, the Capital of the
Nation. The prompt arrival of the Sixth
IMassachusetts had, for that time, made
that point secure. The second point was
the great Military and Naval station of
Fortress Munroe and Gosport Navy Yard.
These points to which the Third and
Fourth Massachusetts had been directed,
guarded and dominated the approach to
the Capital by water, contained militar\-
and naval stores and equipment valued at
millions of dollars. To re-enforce, if need
be, the troops at this important station the
command, augmented b\- the Third Bat-
talion of Rifles, and the Boston Light
Artillery, numbering nearly twelve hun-
dred men were directed by sea to Fortress
INIonroe, and from thence up the Chesa-
peake to Annapolis. The march to Wash-
ington, the reception by the President, the
assignment to quarters in the Treasury
Ijinlding will be readily recalled bj- all
comrades. The actual instruction in the
details of military life, began with the
Regiment immediately. Perhaps it is not
an exaggeration to sa\- that no military reg-
iment from any state was more efficiently
commanded than the Fifth. No comrade
can fail to recall the daily battalion drills,
always conchided by a march up Pennsyl-
vania avenue, exercising various evolu-
tions from time to time during the march,
while thousands of spectators lined the
streets. Nor has he forgotten the strenu-
ous drills among the clay pits near the
Capitol, or the frequent visits of our hon-
ored President Lincoln, as he daily passed
through our quarters, exhibiting every
interest in our welfare and comfort.

On May 26, responding to a hurried
alarm from the Virginia .side of the Poto-
mac, the Regiment fell in, and marched to
and nearly across the long bridge, where
after a h It, caused b}- the draw being
open, the troops were ordered to return
and make ready for a permanent move to
the "sacred soil" of the Old Dominion.

A pleasing incident occurred during the
halt on the bridge. A Massachusetts man,
seeing the Regiment as it passed on
the double quick, noted the miniature size
of the National colors and immediately
bestirred himself to remed}' the omission,
with the result that within thirty minutes
he was able to present Colonel Lawrence
with a fine National flag. At twelve, mid-
night, having succeeded in getting the
draw bridge in place the route was re-
sumed and the command crossed into Vir-
ginia, camping at a point aboiit half way
to Alexandia, where it remained for a
week. During this time the Regiment
daily marched to Alexandria, and worked
upon Fort Ellsworth on Shuter's Hill.
This fortification was built by four regi-
ments, and was one of the first of the
defenses of Washington. At the expira-
tion of a week a move was made to Alex-
andria, and camp was established and
occupied until the forward movement on
July 16. The duty performed by the Reg-
iment was that of provost guard, and the
town station was at the Marshall House,
where the lamented Ellsworth was shot
but a few days before. The drills and
instruction in military matters were not
dispensed with, and the improvement in
the maneuvers was apparent from day to
day. At this time it received a full uni-
form of dark blue, the regular arni\- uni-
form, and it is said that the Fifth Massa-
chusetts was the only militia regiment so
clothed. During this time visits to the
camp were made by President Lincoln,
Secretary of War Cameron, Secretary of
Treasury S. P. Chase, and other distin-
guished gentlemen; also on July 5 by Gov-
ernor John A. Andrew and members of
his staff. By an order from the War De-
partment Lieutenant J. Durrell Greene was
promoted into the regular arnn- as Lieu-
tenant Colonel, and Major Hamlin W.
Ke3es, and Adjutant Thomas C. Barri, as
Captains, the vacancies thus created being
filled by the promotion of Captain C^icorge
H. Peir.son, Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain
John Boyd, Major, and Lieutenant John
G. Chambers, Adjutant. The troops at
this point being now increased b\- the arri-
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formed for i)(.-rmaiiLnt st-rvice. The
Fifth was attached to that coniinaiided In-
Colonel (afterwards Major-General) \\'. B.
Franklin, composed of the following com-
mands: I'irst Minnesota and Eleventh
INIassachusetts, three years; Fourth Penn-
sylvania and Fifth Massachusetts, three
months.

While the limits of this article forbid
anv long statement, it may be fairly said,
that the continual and strenuous manner
in which the instruction of the Regiment
had been carried on, resulted in such an
improvement, that it is douljtful if, aside
from the commands of the regular army,
anv command in the service excelled the
Fifth in steadiness, in discipline, or sol-
dierlv apj^earance. Perfect harmony ex-
isted l)etween officers and men. Jealous-
.sies, so often detrimental to similar bodies,
were noticeable by their absence, and
there was manifested throughout the
entire personnel of the Regiment that
■' esprit du corps," which is the ver_\' life
and soul of efficient service.

On July 16, the brigade moved out to
meet the enemy. The troops at Alexan-
dria, consisting of the Brigades of P'rank-
lin and Wilcox, forming a division of
which Colonel S. P. Heint/.elman was
commanfler, marched by a back road — one
of Colonial fame known as the Braddock
road, the oljject being to interpose between
the force known to be at Fairfax Court
House ami the main force of the enemy,
along Bull Run, and the plain of Manas-
sas, 'i'he Fifth marched in advance, and
after a night's bivouac, encountered the
advance posts of the enemy who retreated,
without any attempt to delay our advance.
The movement to intercept the enemy
from Fairfax Court House, failed, as they
retired in haste before the advance of the
main force, under General McDowell from
Washington. Halting during the night of
the seventeenth and da\- of the eight-
eenth, we marched late in the afternoon,
and before night joined the main army at
Centerville. The following days, the
nineteenth and twentieth, we remained in
Invouac, waiting the order to move for-
ward. An incident worthy of record
occurred at this time. Bv the terms of the

enlistment of the Regiment, the three
months of service expired on the nine-
teenth, and had it been desired our dis-
charge could have been secured. One or
two other organizations under similar con-
ditions did not advance beyond Center-
ville, but in the Fifth no man asked or
desired to do anything other than to serve
in the coming battle, and no argument
was necessary to induce them to remain,
and when at three a.m., on the morning
of tile twent}--first, line was formed for the
advance, which we all knew meant ba.tle,
the ranks were full, after a slow progress,
the road in our front being blockerl by the
troops of Tyler's Divi.sion. We moved
rapidl}' down the Warrington turnpike a
di.stance of two or three miles, then, after
crossing Cub-run, turning to the right,
took a circuitous route of several miles,
through a narrow road, through thick
woods. The command which preceded
ours. General Hunter's Division, \\as
sharply engaged with the enemy just
across the stream on our left, and the
sound of nuisketry seemed to animate the
entire con:mand. Emerging from the
woods, with only a slight pause for rest,
we forded the stream, and very soon
reached the scene of battle. Pausing to
remove our blankets, etc., we hurried on
over the hill, down the .slope on the fur-
ther side, and were immediateh- under the
fire of a battery in our front. Passing on
at the double quick in close column by
company, we relieved the troops of Burn-
side's Brigade, which had lieen se\'erely
engaged, and laid down behind a slight
rise. In a few minutes the Eleventh
Massachusetts of our Brigade, came up on
our left, and Colonel Franklin, our Bri-
gade Commander, rode up between the
two Regiments and ordered a forward
move. The Fifth by order of Colonel
Samuel C. Lawrence, went forward b}-
company, each company to fire, file to the
right, and fall liack to the rear of the
Regiment. The right, Company I of
Somerville, executed the movement, fol-
lowed by Company B of vSouth Reading,
(now Wakefield. ) The writer, a'private in
Company B, fell wounded at this fire, and
thereafter had no part in the operations of

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the clay. After the first attack, the Bri-
gade was ordered to advance, and crossed
Young's Branch and the Warrcnton turn-
pike, and for a time lay in tlit* sunken
road which crossed the hill. .\t this point
several of the Regiment were killed and
wounded; among the killed was Color
Sergeant W. B. Ivawrence, who was the
first color-bearer killed in the war.
Among the wounded were the Colonel and
several others. The Regiment with the
Eleventh Massachusetts rushed up the hill
to support Ricket's Regular Battery, and
fought strenuously to prevent its capture,
biit were forced back. After the repulse
and the capture of the ljatter\', one of the
few regiments that preserved their organi-
zation and marched from the field with
colors flying and with steady, though
diminished ranks, was the Fifth. There
can be no doul>t that, if there had been a
few more regiments as thoroughh' drilled
as the Fifth, and a few other of the three
months' troops, the hist or}- of the first

battle of Bull Run would have lieen vastly'
different.

After the battle the command returned
to Alexandria and in a fi-w da\s took the
train for Boston, where it arri\ed ]u\y .M ,
and was shortly mustered out of the ser-
vice.

Of the men who served in this campaign
the great majority' re-enlisted as ofilcers
and soldiers and served in various com-
mands during the war. It is no exaggera-
tion to say that more than eight}' per cent
of the three months' men of the F'ifth
were found at the front during the entire
war.

In no spirit of disparagement to the
other commands of the old Bay State
which responded to the call of President
Lincoln for men in April, 1861, I feel that
the Fifth niu.st for its faithful service, its
magnificent steadiness and discipline, and
its gallant conduct on the field of battle,
rank with the best of the splendid regi-
ments during those years of the country's
peril.

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Minute Men of '61

Fifth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of Y3I

FIEI.D AND STAFF.

Colonel, Samuel C. Lawrence, Medford.

IJcntcnanl Colonel, George H. Peirsox, Salem.

Lieutenant Colonel, J. DuREEE Greene, Cambridge.

Major, Hamein \V. Keves, Boston.

Majoi , John T. Rovd, Charlestown.

Surgeon, Samuel H. Hurd, Charlestown.

Assistant Surgeon, William W. Keene, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa.

Assistant Surgeon, Henry H. Mitchell, East Bridgewater.

Chaplain, Benjajian F. DeCosta, Charlestown.

Adjutant, Thomas O. Barri, Cambridge.

AdjuJant, John G. Chambers, Medford.

Onarterniaster, Joseph E. Billings, Boston.

Pay Master, George F. Hodges, Rox1)ury.

Sergeant JMajor, PIenry A. Quincy, Charlestown.

Ouartennaster Sergeant , Samuel C Hunt, Jr., Charlestown.

Hospital Steii'ard, Nathan D. Parker, Reading.

Drum Major, Charles Foster, Charlestown.

Fife Major, Freeman Field, Charlestown.

Roster Co. A, Fifth Massachusetts
Regiment, Minute Men of '61

(Mechanic Lislit Infantry]

Organized February, 1807 Orders
were received from Colonel Lawrence,
April 19, 1861, at three p.m., to report
at Faneuil Hall, Boston, on the 20th, at
ten a.m. At seven o'clock on the 20th,
the company assembled at the Armory,
and at ten o'clock they reported for
duty at Faneuil Hall, Boston. There
being one hundred and twenty men, the
surijlus over tiie required number were
dismissed, much to their disappoint-
ment.

George H. Peirson, Capt Salem

Edward H. Staten, Capt

Lewis E. Wentworth, 1st Lieut

Charles D. Stiles, 2nd Lieut

James H. Estes, 1st Sergt..So. Danvers
Benjamin K. Brown, Sergt Salem

David N. Jeffrey, Sergt.... So. Danvers

Albert J. Lowd, Sergt Salem

John W. Hart, Corp So. Danvers

James H. Sleeper, Corp Danvers

Joseph M. Parsons, Corp Salem

John F. Clark, Corp

Adams, Charles P

Allen, Charles W Danvers

Bailey, Edwin

Briggs, Henry T

Burrows, William

Burton, Jacob

Buxton, George B Salem

Buxton, George F

Buxton, Samuel H So. Danvers. ^

Gate, Samuel A Salem

Chipman, Charles G

Clemons, William H

Crane, Albert J So. Danvers

Crosby, Lyman D Danvers

Crowell, George M

Daniels, John B Salem

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Davenport, David Munroe, Stephen X Salem

Davidson, Henry, Jr Munsey, Joseph C Danvers

Davis, Charles W Nimblet, Benjamin F Salem

Dodge, Charles W North, James D Danvers

Dominick, Joseph Osborne, John H Salem

Dowst, Joshua W Osborne, Laban S

Drown, William P Palmer, William H

Ford, John F Patten, James M

Fuller, George H Danvers Peabody, William M

Gardner, Abel Salem Perry, Henry W

Gardner, Charles AV Phippen, Charles H Danvers

Gardner, William H Poor, James, Jr So. Danvers

Giles, Charles H Pousland, John H Salem

Oilman, John T Danvers Pratt, Calvin L

Glidden, Joseph H Salem Pratt, Lewis R

Gwinn, Charles H Ricker, Charles W Danvers

Hildreth. Elbridge H So. Danvers Rix, Asa W. S Salem

Hill, James Danvers Semons, Francis A

Howard, John H Sloper, Henry Danvers

Hurd, William H Salem Sloper, William A Salem

Kehew, John H Smith, Henry J

Leavitt, Israel P Smith, Robert Danvers

Leonard, James Stiles, William W ■ So. Danvers

Libby, Henry Symonds, Nathaniel A Salem

Lufkin, William Danvers Tufts, Rufus W

Mansfield, John R Salem Warren, Edward J

Maxfield, James, Jr Webber, Mendall S Danvers

Melcher, Levi L Weeks, William H Salem

Moore, Dennison P So. Danvers West, George

Morse, George W Salem Wheeler, Samuel B

Moser, John H Williams, Charles A

Moses, James Beverly Wilson, James Topsfield

Moulton, Henry W So. Danvers

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Company B, Fifth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(RichardsoU L,ight Guards)

Organized October, 1851. Orders
were received from Colonel Lawrence,
April 19, ISGl, at one o'clock, to report
at Boston. The company at three
o'clock marched to the common and
partook of a collation, after which they
left for Boston, accompanied by the
Maiden band, who volnnteered their
services.

John W. Locke, Capt So. Reading

Charles H. Shepard, 1st Lieut

James D. Draper, 2d Lieut

George W. Townsend, 1st Sergt

Jason H. Knight, Sergt

Benjamin F. Barnard, Sergt

George W. Aborn, Sei-gt

William E. Ransom, Corp

James M. Sweetser, Corp

George H. Greene, Corp

James A. Burditt, Corp

Alvin Drake, Jr., Musician

William V. Vaux, Musician

Abbott, Oramel G Reading

Adams, Oliver S

Anderson, Charles E So. Reading

Anderson, James H

Batchelder, George W Melrose

Barker, Samuel S Andover

Beckwith, Robert S So. Reading

Bixby, Hiram

Burditt, George A \ . . .

Coney, John S Reading

Cook, Jonathan, Jr

Dix, Joseph O So. Reading

Eaton, Alvin A Reading

Eustis, Henry W So. Reading

Eustis, Joseph S

Fairbanks, James M

Fletcher, Charles N Reading

Foster, Davis So. Reading

Griggs, James H Reading

Harrington, Charles T So. Reading

Hart, John F

Hartwell, Albert A Reading

Hayden, Frank W So. Reading

Hayden, William H., Jr

Haywood, Alexander M Reading

Hosmer, Oiran S Woburn

Hoyt, Henry D So. Reading

Kidder, George H

Lord, Byron

Lord, George H

McGee, Edward

McKay, Gurdon Melrose

McKay, Thomas M So. Reading

McKenzie, John Boston

Morrill, James M So. Reading

Moses, George

Nichols, George W Reading

Parker, Nathan D

Parker, William D So. Reading

Parsons, Benjamin W Lynnfield

Peterson, Leonard Reading

Pratt, Edwin So. Reading

Rahr, Christian E Reading

Rayner, John So. Reading

Rayner, Ozias

Robinson, Charles H Reading

Roundy, Jolm D . . .'

Sherman, William H

Smith, Thomas Melrose

Stevens, John R Stoneham

Sweetser, Oliver S So. Reading

Sweetser, Thomas

Thompson, Charles „

Thomjjson, John F

Tibbetts, Charles H Reading

Tibbetts, Frank L 'l

Twiss, Adoniram J So. Reading

Tyler, William N

Walker, William H

Wardwell, Henry F Reading

Warren, Horace M So. Reading

Weston, Robert H Reading

Wiley, Joseph E So. Reading

Willey, William

Wilkins, Edward L

Wyman, William Melrose

Minute Men of '61 133

Compan}^ C, Fifth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(CliarlfStown Artillery)

Organized Maj% 1786; reorganized Dwight, Joseph F

November, 1831. Captain Swan re- !;^/^^' ,^^""^1^^ r.' xt ™1^°1'-

,, ,. Fitzpatrick, Ttiomas B. N Boston

ceived orders to assemble liis com- Foster, Edward Cliarlestown

mand at the armory at twelve o'clock, pox, Edward

m., Wednesday, April 17, 1861, and at French, William C Noithampton

noon the next day were ready to march Gabriel, William E . . . .Saiigus

^ ., , '., .n ^1, Gammons, Charles A Chailestown

at any moment. Friday, April 19, they q^^^^,^^ Albert D Stockholm, N. Y.

marched to Boston and remained nntil Gossom, Elijah D Charlestown

the Regiment departed for Washington, Grant, Melville C Chelsea

at five o'clock Sundav morning, April Hatton, James Charlestown

„^ ' Hayes, William Waltham

Herman, Conrad, Jr Boston

Hobart, George W

William R. Swan, Capt Chelsea jones, Melville D Plaistow, N. H.

P. H. Tibbetts, 1st Lieut. . .Charlestown Kilborn, Albert Salisbury, N. H.

John W. Rose, 2nd Lieut Boston Kilham, George W Charlestown

Hannibal D. Norton, 3d Lieut. .Chelsea ]"^^^' ^^l^'^f"^„.^

Lane, Frank \\

Geo. H. Marden, Jr., 4th Lt . Charlestown Leslie, Albert S Woburn

^, „ ^^ , . ^ Lincoln, Joshua W Charlestown

Thomas F. Howard, 1st Sergt Lord Charles L

Charles W. Strout, Sergt Dedhani McCloud John

James H. Rose, Sergt So. Boston Mclntire! John" C. ■.'.■.'.■.'.'.'.'.'.'.■.'.'. Boston

Charles P. uhittle. Sergt . .Charlestown Miller Eueene J

Samuel E. Holbrook, Jr., Corp Morrison, Daniel P." .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .'Cambridge

Henry W. Copps Corp Boston .^^chols, Charles H Salisbury, N H.

Joseph J. Bel, Corp Norton, George Boston

Valentine ^\allburg, Corp. Somerville oakman, Winslow S Charlestown

George Oakley, Musician. . .Charlestown Peeler Albert

Ash William G Penney, Charles H Boston

Blood Hiram Peiiiam, Albion B. . . .No. Belgrade, Me.

Branch, Hiram ' R .' ." ." .' .' .' '. '. '. '. '.'.'.'.'.'. '. '. '. .' .' P* ^ff , Francis W Boston

Chamberlin. John H P^'^tt, John M Charlestown

Chase. Charles L Quinn, Maurice F Townsend

Chell Geoi-oe Reed, Freeman H Chelsea

Cheslvn Richard W Richardson, Alvah Townsend

Clark John W .......! Robertson, John So. Boston

Clark! Stephen M ............. . Boston Rowe, Charles A

Cobleigh, Charles C Townsend Selvey, W illiam

Colburn, Charles F Charlestown Smith, Lewis Charlestown

Conner, Thomas Boston Stone, Horace P., Jr

Craig, Thomas F Sullivan, Humphrey, Jr

Cross, George W Charlestown Wade, James P Chelsea

Davis Charles L White, William H Charlestown

Davis,' George w'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. Willan, Thomas

Davis, George W. G Worthen, Harvey R Boston

Dean. John So. Boston Wotton, Bernard

Dickev, Neal S Deering, N. H. Yendley, Joseph B

Dovle, William J Charlestown ^ol^^r, George H Charlestow-

134 Minute Men oe '61

Company D, Fifth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Haverhill l,i.«:ht Infantry)

Organized in 1853. Known as Com- Dodge, Orrison J Haverhill

pany G in the Seventh Regiment; de- Edwards, Nathaniel M

tailed from it April 19, and annexed to Ellison, Horace Exeter, N. H.

the Fifth. Their orders were received Emerson, Edward H Haverhill

at noon, April 19, 1861, and as they had Fogg, George F

been di illing daily they were ready to Poster, George B

rush to the rescue of Washington and Fowler, Samuel W

their country, and they left the same Frost, James

day at five p.m. Gould, Albert H Haverhill

Gould, Royal D

Carlos P. Messer, Capt Haverhill G.eenleaf, Mathew N. . . .Exeter. N. H.

George J. Dean, 1st Lieut ^^^^j^^^^ Franklin A Haverhill

Daniel F. Smith, 2d Lieut ^^^^^^^ j^^^^^^^ j^.

Charles H. P. Palmer, 3d Lieut tt n> i c

Hersum, Greenleaf

Thomas T. Salter, 4th Lieut tt i Tr t-i

' Holmes, Varnum E

John J. Thompson, 1st Sergt Jackson, Hiram H

Geoi-ge W. Edwards, Sergt Judge, Charles W

James M. Palmer, Sergt Kaler, Cornelius Bradford

John P. Mills, Sergt Bradford Keif, Thomas Haverhill

William Salter, Corp Haverhill Kiei-nan, Frank T

George W. Wallace, Corp Knowles, Charles K

Van Buren Hoyt, Corp Livingston Murray V

^ . , ^ ^ Meserve, Ebenezer

Daniel J. Haynes, Corp Mills, Charles E Bradford

John E. Mills, Musician Bradford Mills, William W

Leonard Sawyer, Jr., Mus Haverhill Murch, Charles Haverhill

Orlando S. Wright, Musician ^°^®^\ H^^^ ^,

Osgood, Joseph H

Bickford, Eben B Parmelee. Henry H

Bowen, Charles Pecker, John B

i,_, , T Ti Phill)rook, David T

Bromley, Lyman P Pl^illj^,^ l^eonavd W Bradford

Bromley, Orrin B Ray, Albert F Haverhill

Burnham, Charles Richards. J. Fitz

Bus well, George P Alton Bay N H Rogeis. Tristum G Bradford

Cn^waii Tr.c:or^Tl A TLr„' \-i, Shaw, Jaiiies A HavorhiU

Caswell, Joseph A Haverhill gh^j^^^ ^lonzo M

Chandler, Samuel A Bridgewater Smith, Henry J

Colby, John, Jr Haverhill Smith, Nahum F

Coles, Thomas J. . Stanley, Harrison

Collins, Enos .'.".'.'.' Me thuen |!^^'^' ^""^^ J^

*^"'"*^'^ Stimpson, John F

Collins, Hiram S Haverhill stowe. Andrew F. '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.".'."

Cook, William P Taylor, Henry

Davis, Stephen H Tuttle, Hiram O Effingham, N. H.

Dawson Frank Watkins, Charles S Groveland

T^r^Acr^ 'n ^ o Webber, Wellington B

Dodge, George S Boxford Wyman, George P Haverhill

Minute Men of '61 135

Company E, Fifth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of Y)l

(I/iwreuce Light Guard)

Organized February, 1851. The call Dede, Herman

for this gallant corps to aid in the de- Dow, Albert F

fence of the Union met a hearty re- Duckrell, William J Chelsea

sponse from all its members. Upon Fames, John H Medford

their leaving home, April 19, 1861, an Emerson, William B. F. .W. Cambridge

impressive prayer was offered by Rev. Fletcher, Joel M Medford

Mr. Ames, and several hundred citizens Fletcher, Stephen W

escorted them to Boston. Fowler, Stephen D Chelsea

, , ,, , ^. ^ ^ ^r If ^ Ginn, James F Medford

John Hutchms, Capt Medfora „ ,,

John G. Chambers, 1st Lieut Hadley, Charles K

Perry S. Coleman, 2d Lieut Haskell, Alfred

William H. Pattee, 3d Lt. W. Cambridge Hawkins, Henry M Boston

Isaac F. R. Hosea. 1st Sergt. . . .Medford Holman, Herbert A Medford

Samuel M. Stevens, Sergt Hoyt, Jonn H

James A. Bailey, Sergt.. .W. Cambridge Ireland, Henry A

William H. Lawrence, Sergt Jacobs, Henry B

Sanford Booker, Corp Medford Keene, Lewis H

William J. Crooker. Corp Kuhn, Charles H Boston

Benjamin Moore. Corp Lawrence, Lemuel P

Luther F. Brooks, Corp Lewis, Augustus B :\ledford

Richard Pitts, Musician .Alexandria, Va. Loiing, Freeman

Lord, Louis O

Alden, William F Medford Manning, James Boston

Aldridge, William H. H Boston Mills. Palemon C Watertown

Austin, Ebenezer V Randolph Morrison Isaac T l^^^l^'l^.

^ . '^ ^. ^r T^ ^ , -1 Palmer, Edward J Roxbury

Barn, Martm V. B Cambridge ^^^^ George E Medford

Benham, Daniel Medfoid Pearsons, Jonas M Newton

Bisbee, Horatio, Jr Pierce, Elisha N Medford

Bishop, John Prouty, William L

r, . r^ T^ Ramsdell, Emery W

Booker, George D ^^^^ j^^^^^.y p

Braden, Angus Richards, Manville F

Bragdon, Stephen M. . . .Kingston, N. H. Richardson, Caleb T

Burbank. William H Medford Robertson. Edwin H H^'"}^™

„ T 1 -D Russell, Charles Medford

Carr, John P Russell, Hubbard, Jr Maiden

Carr, Royal S Sawyer. George Medford

Cheney, Daniel S Sherman, Gilbert B

Clapp, Meletiah, O Smith, Jones L Woburn

^ . e-^ Smith, Joseph Medford

Currier, Sidney ^ ' ^ ^ tt

' Tavlor, James H

Curtis, Frank J T^gj George E

Gushing, Henry H. D Thorpe, Alfred M W. Cambridge

Gushing, Pvam, Jr Tufts, Augustus Medford

Dane, William H Tupper, George F. .Chelsea

Turner, James H. R Medford

Davis, Joseph Turner, Samuel H

Davis, William L Usher, James F

136

Minute Men of '61

Compan}^ F, Fifth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of ^61

(Wardwell Tigers)

Captain David W. Wardwell received
permission from the Governor April 16,
1861, to raise a company for the three
months' service, and very soon reported
his company ready for active duty. Be-
fore the Fifth Regiment left for the seat
of war it was decided to add this com-
pany, then known as the Boston Volun-
teers.

David K. Wardwell. Captain. .. .Boston

Jacob H. Sleeper, 1st Lieut

George G., Stoddard, Lieut. . .Brookline

Horatio X. Holbrook. Lieut Boston

Horatio N. Holbrook, Liept Boston

F. K. Field, First Sergt Northfield

James W. R. Hill, Sergt Boston

Calvin S. Mixter, Sergt

D. J. Wardwell, Sergt Stoneham

Charles W. Cossebourne. Sergt. .Boston

Samuel Richards, Corp Stoneham

Solomon Low, Corp Boston

Samuel W. Tuck, Corp

Stephen Brendel, Corp

William S. Bean, Musician. . .Stoneham
James H. Newhall, Musician. .. .Lowell

Beal, James A Stoneham

Brady, John G Lowell

Coleman, Lewis E. J Boston

Connolly Hugh Stoneham

Cook, John Boston

Courtenay, Daniel J

Crowley, Daniel

Danforth, Joseph C

Dodge, Charles S Stoneham

Dodge, John S Boston

Emerson, Albert O Stoneham

Ferguson, David Boston

Fitzpatrick, Daniel

Foley, Patrick W Stoneham

Ford, Henry W Boston

Forest, Moses Stoneham

Gaitley, Patrick

Gile, Pliinando N Botson

Gorham, Charles E

Hettler, Thomas

Hanham, William C

Harvey, James A

Hatch, Edward K

Healey, Patrick C

Hill, Joseph C

Hoyt, David W Amesbury

Lamos, Charles T Boston

Leighton, Neraiah

Low% Isaac M

May, William O

McDevitt, William

McSweeney, Bernard Cambridge

Mooney, James Stoneham

Morris, George O Boston.

Morse, George E

Nichols, Robert F

O'Hara, Stephen Stoneham

Richardson, William H

Reed, James H Charlestown

Riley. Hugh F Boston

Roby, George W Lowell

Rogers, James Boston

Ryan, William P

Schneider, Jacob Roxbury

Smith, Sanford A Stoneham

Snow, Henry Boston

Spinney, Robert M

Stetson, JosepJi

Stewart, Charles W

Taylor. Owen W Marlboro

Wallace, Henry D .Stoneham

Warren, Joseph G Charlestown

Warren, Thomas A Boston

Wardwell, Cyrus T Stoneham

White, Wallace B Boston

Wiggin, Isaac H

Wilson, William H

Williams, Edward J Roxbury

Yeager, Charles H Boston

Minute Men of '61

137

Company G, Fifth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Concord Artillary)

Incorporated February, 1804. Orders
were received long before light on the
19th of April, 1861, to report on Boston
Common, and at noon that day they left
Concord. They left Boston on the 21st,
and sailed the next morning from New
York for Annapolis, and from there
marched to Washington.

George L. Prescott, Capt Concord

Joseph Derby, Jr., 1st Lieut

Humphrey H. Buttrick, 2d Lieut

Charles Bov>^ers, 3d Lieut

George F. Hall, Sergt

George W. Lauriat, Sergt

William S. Rice, Sergt

Cyrus Hosmer, Sergt

Stephen H. Reynolds, Corp

Francis M. Gregory, Corp

George Buttrick, Corp

Samuel S. Wood, Corp

Bates, William C Boston

Ball, George H Concord

Ball, Warren B

Bowers, William

Brown, Azro D

Brown, John, 2d

Brown, William A

Brackett, Edward J Waltham

Buttrick, Fi-ancis Concord

Carter, James W

Clapp, William M

Clark, Richard R

Cormick, Peter, Jr Woburn

Dal ton, Jeremiah, Jr Braintree

Dean, Joseph G Concord

Deering, Eugene M Lincoln

Doyle, Thomas Concord

Farmer, Henry

Farrar, Levi B

Fitzpatrick, Francis F Boston

Garty, James Concord

Goodwin, .Tames W Woburn

Gray, William B Acton

Hatch, David G Waltham

Heald, Timothy F Concord

Hooper, Thomas M Woburn

Horey, Mason M

Jeffords, Jonathan F

Johnson, Albert N Concord

Johnson, Charles A Waltham

Johnson, Henry Concord

Lea the, Josiah, Jr Woburn

Livingston, Benjamin T

Loring, Benjamin J,. Jr Weymouth

Lyons, John E Lunenburg

Maxfield, John M Woburn

Melvin, Asa Concord

Messer, George E

Mulliken, Chas. F

Nealey, Charles

Osborne, Ira .J Ashby

Pemberton, Robert Woburn

Phelps, Edward F Concord

Puffer, Charles

Puffer, John S

Reynolds, Edward W

Rogers, John S Woburn

Robbins, Elbridge, Jr Concord

Robbins, Joseph N

Sampson, Lewis T

Sherman, George E Lincoln

Smith, John W Woburn

Souther, George G Quincy

Stevenson. Thomas G Carlisle

Taylor, Warren F Woburn

Tidd, John E

Ware. George Boston

Warland. Thomas F Woburn

Watts, Horatio C Concord

Webb, Edward F Weymouth

Wellington. Lowell, Jr Waltham

Wheeler, Caleb H Concord

Wheeler, Joseph Lincoln

Whitney. George T Harvard

Whittier, William P. .Sanbornton, N. H.

Wheeler, Edward S

Wheeler, Henry L

Winn. Joseph E

Wright, Eugene

Wyman, Joseph S Woburn

138

Minute Men of '61

Company H, Fifth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Salem Cit\' f'.uards)

Organized Noember, 1846. An order
came at one p.m., April 19, 1861, for the
company to report themselves on Bos-
ton Common at four p.m., but for some
cause they were unable to leave Salem
until the next day, Saturday, the 20th,
at nine a.m., and on arrival in Boston
went direct to Faneuil Hall.

Henry F. Danforth, Capt Salem

Kirk Stark, 1st Lieut .So. Danvers

William F. Sumner, 2d Lieut

George H. Wiley, 3d Lieut

John E. Stone, 4th Lieut

George S. Peach, 1st Sergt Salem

Benjamin F. Pickering, Sergt

John Pollock, Sei'gt

Joseph B. May, Sergt

John A. Sumner, Corpt....So. Danvers

William Tobey, Corp

Elbridge H. Guilford, Corp Salem

Peter A. Ramsdell, Corp

Joseph Anthony, Musician

Burg, William R

Beckford, William F Danvers

Brown, George A Salem

Bulger, James

Chase, Charles W Danvers

Clark, Edward A Salem

Clark, Sylvester

Dow, George W

Eaton, Alpheus

Edward, John L

Estes, John C So. Danvers

Farrell, William Salem

Ferguson, Samuel A

Gilford, David A Danvers

Gilford, William F So. Danvers

Grover, James, Jr Salem

Hackett, Harrison

Hart, George O So. Danvers

Hibbard, Curtis A Salem

Hines, John M Danvers

Hoyt, John A Salem

Jones, Samuel Gloucester

Kehew, Francis A Salem

Kehew, George Salem

Kelley, Edward Danvers

Kelley, James W So. Danvers

Kelley, Thomas B

Kimball, William L Salem

Lee, John W So. Danvers

Leach, Harris Salem

Linehan, Dennis

Lowe, James W Danvers

Marshall, Charles G So. Danvers

McDuffle, Hugh Salem

McFarland, Charles

Merrill, Henry O So. Danvers

Millett, Benj. Hardy

Murphy. Thomas G

Parker, Oliver

Parsons, Cyrus Salem

Peach, William, Jr

Peirce, David H So: Danvers

Perkins, Joseph N Salem

Quinn, John

Richardson, Henry H Danversport

Richardson, William H

Riggs, Edgar M

Shanley, William Salem

Teague, William H

Thompson, John N Danvers

Thompson, George A Salem

Trask, Henry

Very, Herbert W Danvers

Webster, George

White, Henry F Salem

White, Thomas

Wiley, Samuel So. Danvers

Williams, Samuel W

Williams, William D Salem

Wilson, Jacob H

Minute Men of '61

139

Company I, Fifth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of Y)l

(Somerville Light Infantry

In 1853 the Somerville Light Infan-
try was organized under command of
Capt. George O. Brastow, succeeded in
1854 by Capt. Francis Tufts. In 1859
Captain Brastow again assumed com-
mand. Tiie company's armory and drill
room was at first in Franklin Hall,
which on Sundays was used as a church.
The hall was in Union square, at the
junction of Somerville avenue and
Washington street. It was owned by
Mr. Robert Vinal and has since been
destroyed by fire. Upon the completion
of the new brick engine house at the
corner of Washington and Prospect
streets, its armory was transferred to
that building.

The Somerville Light Infantry, at this
time, was attracted to the Fifth Regi-
ment as Company B; at the commence-
ment of the war in 1861 becoming
Company I. The honorable record of
this organization in the Civil War is
well known to all.

George O. Brastow, Capt. .. .Somerville

William E. Robinson, First Lieut

Frederick R. Kingsley, Second Lieut...

Walter C. Bailey, First Sergt

John Harrington, Sergt

William R. Corlew, Sergt

John C. Watson, Sergt

Henry H. Robinson, Corp

James E. Paul, Corp

Isaac Barker, Jr., Corp

William T. Eustis, Third Corp.. Boston
Sidney S. Whiting, Musician

Adams, Albion Somerville

Adams, John

Andrews, George H Charlestown

Andrews, John B

Andrews, Joseph H

Atwood, Hawes Boston

Bennett, Edwin C Somerville

Binney, Henry M

Bird, Warren A

Bonner, Charles D

Brackett, Edward

Brown, William B. P Woburn

Buckingliam, Lynde W Somerville

Carr, William M Chelsea

Caswell, Albert Somerville

Crosby, Elkanah

Davis, John E

Eaton, William D Boston

Emery, Edward C. T

Eustis, Humphrey E

Garland, Benjamin F Cambridge

Gibson, William T

Giles, John F Somerville

Giles, Joseph J

Glynn, Thomas Woburn

Grandy, Henry E Andover

Hannaford, Edward F Somerville

Franklin Print SIX

Hale, Joseph, Jr Somerville

Hammond, Henry C

Harris, George E

Hodgdon, John K

Hodgkins, George A. S. .. .Charlestown

Hodsdon, Alfred Cambridge

Hopkins, James R Somerville

Howe, Pliny R

Hyde, Richard J

Jenkins, Horatio, Jr Chelsea

Johnson, Joseph Woburn

Kilburn, Charles Lunenburg

Kinsley, Willard C Somerville

Moore, William F

Mooney, Charles A Boston

Nason, George W., Jr Franklin

Nelson, N. Fletcher Somerville

Oliver, Judson W

140

MixuTic Men of '61

Paine, Joseph W

Parker, Joseph A., Jr Woburn

Parker, Joseph TI

Parker, Warren F

Parsons, Oscar

Powers, Charles H Somerville

Quimby, Charles C

Rogers, Oliver W Woburn

Schillinger, Benjamin F Charlestown

Shaw, William E Portland, Me

Shattuck. Lucius H. Marlboro

Simonds, Nathan A Somerville

Sweeney, Charles H

Van de Sande, John

Walker, Edward M

Wallace, Kinsley

Watson, William W

Westcott, Eugene Woburn

Whitconib, George F Somerville

Wyman, Luther F Woburn

Wyei-, Edwin F

Young, Joseph F Somerville

OUR COUNTRY, OUR FI^AG AND ONE IvANGUAGE-

Minute Men of '61

141

Company K, Fifth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of ^61

(Chai-Iestowii Citj- Guards)

Organized in 1850. At tlie call of the
President of the United States for
troops in April, 1861, the company im-
mediately commenced drilling and were
ready to respond promptly to the call.
April 17 they received orders and left
for Boston to join their Regiment, where
they remained until Sunday morning,
the 21st, when they left for Washington.

John T. Boyd, Capt Charlestowp.

John B. Norton, Capt

John B. Norton, First Lieut

Caleb Drew, First Lieut .._.^

Walter Everett, Second Lieut

Albert Prescott, First Sergt '

Daniel W. Davis, Sergt

Samuel A. Wright, Sergt

George A. Bird. Sergt

William W. Davis, Corp

Enoch J. Clark, Corp

Joseph Boyd, Corp

George F. Brackett, Coip

J. Newton Breed, Musician

Abbott. Charles H Cambridge

Ames, William S Charlestown

Angler, Henry A

Babcock, Converse A

Bailey, Andrew J

Bailey, Charles H

Beddoe, Thomas

Bent, William H

Blunt, George

Boyd, William

Brown, Robert F Maiden

Brown, John H Charlestown

Brown, Warren S

Burckes, Thomas J

Butters, Frank B Lexington

Butts, Joseph W Charlestown

Carr, John C

Chandler, Samuel E Lexington

Childs, George T Charlestown

Churchill, James K

Clark, Joseph H

Clark, Joseph H, 2d

Ccok, Jacob B

Davis, Edward K

Davis, Benjamin

Davis, Marcus M

Davis; Obed R

Dearbor:^^ Dariiel H

Devereaux,, George N

Dow, James A

Drew, Bartlett S

Fish, Sumner

Ferrier, William A

Floyd, David O

Frothingham, Frank E

Frothingham, John B

Harding, Wilbur F

Higgins, Henry W

Hilton, Amos S

Holmes, P. Marion

Kehoe, George H E. Cambridge

Lane, Charles D. W Charlestown

Loring, John H

Merrill, Alfred K

Melvin, William W Lexington

Moulton, Joseph, Jr Charlestown

Newhall, Richard H

Nichols, George

Niles, Thomas

Palmer, Lloyd G

Patten, George W

Perkins. Cnarles F

Quigley, Joseph

Ramsay, Royal Lexington

Raymond, Charles H Charlestown

Richards, Charles F Boston

Sheppard, Louis J

Simpson, James W Charlestown

Thayer, Ignatius E

Thompson, George W Boston

Tibbetts, Albion W

White. Eben Xewtou

Minute Men of '61

J. 1''ra.nk OiLKS, East vSaiidwich, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Company I. Fifth Massachusetts Reiriment, Sersjeant-Major First Heavy Artillery

1861 J. Frank Giles 1910

Rnlisted April 19, 1861, in Company I, Fifth Re.oinient Massachusetts Volunteers,
Minute Men of '61.

Again enli.sted March 7, 1862, in Company L, First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery,
for three years, as Commissary vSergeant. Re-enlisted March 10, 1864.

Appointed vSergeant-Major of Regiment in 1863, and served as Brigade Sergeant-
Major until May, 1864.

Wounded May 19, 1864, at Spottsylvania. Discharged for disability June 27, 1865.

Minute Men of '61

143

Sami'el C. I,awrkxcp;

Minute Men of '61

Fifth Massachusetts Regimeut

On account of his large business interests
and his reputation as a financier, Honor-
al)le Samuel Crocker Ivawrence is the most
widely known of all the citizens of Medford.

With the exception of a few }ears when
business called him to the middle west,
this city has 1:)een his home. He was born
in the "old brick block" in Medford
Square, Novemljer 11, 1832, the son of
Daniel and Elizabeth (Crocker) Lawrence.
His father was a native of Tyngsborough,
IVIass., and his mother of York, Maine.

His ancestry may be traced back through
numerous generations to the English
famih- of Ivawrence in the twelfth centur3\
His early education was obtained in the
Medford schools. He finished the course
at the High School in 1847, being in the
first class which graduated under the
tuition of Mr. Charles Cummin, s. He
fitted for Harvard at Lawrence Academ}',
Groton, and completed his course at the
University in 1855. He received the de-
gree of A. M., in 1858.

144

Minute Men oe '61

After three years of success in Chicag-o,
as a member of the firm of Bigelow &
Lawrence, bankers, he returned, in 1858,
to engage in business wth his father and
brother under the firm name of Daniel
Lawrence & Sons, and since 1867 he has
been the sole proprietor.

April 28, 1859, he married in Charles-
town, IMiss Carrie Rebecca, daughter of
Rev. William and Rebecca Badger of Wil-
ton, Maine.

In 1854, Mt. Hermon Lodge, F. and A.
M., was formed in Medford and Mr.
Lawrence became a charter member, hav-
ing taken his degrees in Hiram Lodge of
West Cambridge. He became a member
of :\Iystic Royal Arch Chapter of Medford
at its institution in 1863, and of Boston
Commandery in 1858 ; from all of these
organizations he received highest honors.
In 1866 he was invested with the thirty-
third degree in Masonry, and, after filling
man}- high offices of trust in the institution,
is now Lieutenant Grand Commander of
the Supreme Council, thirty-third degree,
Northern Jurisdiction.

His interest in military affairs began
simultaneously with his connection with
Masonry. In 1855 he was Third Lieuten-
ant in the Lawrence Light Guard ( Com-
pany E, Fifth Infantry), named in honor
of his father, and soon rose to the rank of
Captain. Later, he was commissioned
Colonel of the Fifth Massachusetts.

At the outbreak of the Civil War he im-
mediately went into active service for three
months, and was wounded at the first
battle of Bull Run. He was commissioned
Brigadier-General of the State Militia in
June 1862, and was honorably discharged
in August, 1864. He is a member of the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
and was its commander in 1869.

In 1875, when the Eastern Railroad
Company was on the verge of bankruptcy,
through his able management it was placed
on a sound financial basis, and a few years
later united with the Boston & Maine sys-
tem. He has been a director of the joint
corporation until the present time, and
since 1893 has l)een a member of the execu-
tive Ijoard.

He was, during the successful reorgani-
zation of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe Railroad Company, a director of that
corporation.

Never hasty in liis judgments, giving
even minor details careful consideration,
he deserves the reputation which causes
his advice to l)c sought in the administra-
tion of railroads with which he is not
activel)' identified.

Although by no means a politician, the
opinions of General Lawrence in town
affairs have for years had weight with his
fellow citizens.

The pulilic offices which he held previous
to the incorporation of the city were those
recjuiring good judgment and knowledge
of finance, but not those which brought
him before the pul^lic generally.

He was appointed trustee of the public
library in 1868, and a commissioner of
sinking funds in 1878 ; he has since held
the position of chairman in both bodies
during his whole term of service.

When Medford became a city, General
Lawrence was the choice of the people for
Mayor, and setting aside personal prefer-
ences, he accepted the office and brought
to the service of his native town the finan-
cial and executive ability of an experienced,
broad-minded and large-hearted business
man. His term of office was marked by
harmony and phenomenal progress in
municipal affairs. His refusal to serve a
second term was received with universal
regret.

General Lawrence has been for many
vears a collector of books, and he owns
what is probably the best Masonic library
in the world. He has also a large col-
lection of local and militar}- histories,
which is extremely valuable. In the
various rooms of the Armory he has hung
many pictures, representing a great variety
of subjects, paintings, engravings and
prints, many of which are very rare.

The Medford Pul^lic Library is his debtor
for many liooks which make it much more
valuable to the city than it could be with
the means at its disposal from the public
funds.

The grand tracts of woodland, owned,
protected and preserved by General
Lawrence testify to his love of nature, and
to his desire that those who live in less
favored districts may find iipon his lands
the pleasures and benefits of the open
country and the forest. His estate is a
beautiful gateway to the Fells.

Quiet, retiring, not given to ostentation,
he enjoys with his -wife, his children and
grandchildren his greatest happiness, but
never forgets those of our institutions that
honestly and courageously are trying to
niake the best of themselves.

His interest in the Lawrence Light
Cyuard, the erection of the Armory in mem-
ory of his father, and the many conven-
iences and IvTxuries which he has given to
the Company are better known than his
other philanthropic acts, but they are only
the index of many good deeds which have
helped the town of his birth and his fellow
citizens, and which will live after him in
the hearts of high and low, rich and poor.

Minute Men of '61

145

General John B. Fuothingham, Brooklyn. X. Y.

Minute Men of '61

Company K, Fifth Massachusetts Regiment

Member of Charlestown City ("uard
Fifth Massachusetts \'olunteer Militia;
joined in 185S, and served with the com-
pany in the three months' service under
the Srst call of President Lincoln, April,
1861; under General McDowell, in the first
battle at Bull Run.

Knlisted in the National C.uard State cf
New^ York, December 3, 1869, as a meinljer
of Company D, Twenty-Third Regiment.
Corporal, March 4. 1H70; Ser.i^cant, Janu-
ary 3, 1872; Adjutant of the Twenty-Third
Regiment. April 6, 1874; Major, January
10," 1880; Lieutenant-Colonei, April 11,
1881; commissioned as Brevet Colonel,
January 11, 1883. IVIeml er of the Regi-

mental Rifle team twelve years and Cap-
tain of it three yeai s.

Assistant Adjtitant General Third Bri-
gade National Guard, State of New York,
March 31, 1886; Assistant Adjutant Gen-
eral Second Brigade National Guard, State
of New York, September 31, 1886. (This
latter as a result of reorganization ). Com-
missioned Brevet Brigadier General, Feb-
ruary 15. 1899.

Retired May 8, 1900. Now residing in
Brooklyn, N. Y. President of \'eteran
Association, Twenty-Third Regiment from
January, 1901, to present time. His ances-
tors were active participants in the Revolu-
tionarv War and in the war of 1812.

146

Minute Men of '61

James H. Griggs. Sonierville, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Company ]?, Fifth Mnssachu.sett.s Regiment

JaiiK'S II. (;ri.t;xs was liorn in Dedliam,
Ma.ss., in 1838.

He enlisted in April, 1861, in Company
15, Fifth Massachusetts ^"olunteer Militia',
and served with that Regiment during- the
tliret' months' campaign. At the battle of
l?'dl Run, July 21, 1861, was wounded
by the enemy and for the next eleven
months was in the prisons of Ul)by, Tus-
caloosa and Salisbury, fpon his return,
he enlisted in Company D, Thirty-Third
Massachusttts A'olunteers, and was dis-
charged in M.irch, 1863, bv reason of dis-
alnlity from wounds. In January, 1864
joined tlie Thiit' Ninth T'nite(i ' State.s
Cavalry Tr(,ops, with whicli command he

served during the campaign of Petersburg,
in the Army of the James, and was with
the command during the entire service of
the Eighteenth Army Corps, in the siege
of Richmond, until the command was .sent
to North Carolina, in the late autumn of
1<S64. Participated in both of the attacks
on Fort Fisher, and continued in the ser-
vice in North Carolina after the close of
the war, for many months. On duty at
Wilmington, Croldsboro, Roanoke I.sland,
Fort Macon, Morehead Cit}- and Fort
Fisher until the muster out of his Regi-
ment in the late fall of 1867. Is now a
resident of Sonierville, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

147

Ai, \ i-N R. 1;aii,\

Minute Men of '61

Fifth Massachusetts Resriment

Alvin R. Eailey was born in Charles-
town, February 13, 1846, and moved to
Somerville in 184S and was educated in
the Somerville schools.

His father was a Minute ^lan in 1812,
^nd his brother, Charles H. Bailey, served
in Company H, Fifth, and his cousin,
Walter C. Bailey, was a Sergeant in Com-
pany I and First Lieutenant of Company
B, in the same Regiment. He served in
Company B of the P'ifth and since the war
has spent most of his life in business in
Boston. He served as President of the
Regimental Association in 1907 and 1908
and has served as Treasurer since June,
1904. He is a member of .'\I)raham T.,in-

coln Post Xoll, G-A-R, having joined it
in June, 1868, served as Adjutant many
years and was Commander in 1887. He
served on the staff of Department Com-
mander Billings and Connnanders-in-Chief
Warner and Alger. He is a member of
the Civic Club, H nnewell Chib, Monday
Evening Club Fight O'clock Club and
I'nitarian Club of Newton, the Unitarian
Club, Appalachian IMoitntain Clul) and
(irand Army Club of Boston. Is a mem-
ber of the Sons of the American Revolu-
tion and National Officers Association of
the G-A-R. He is at present treasurer of
the Franklin Mining Company and other
organizations.

148

Minute Men of '61

Joseph J. Giles, vSomerville, Masp.

Minute Men of "61

Ciinii an\- I, Fifth Massachusetts Rejfiment

Joseph J. Ciles was liorn in vSonierville,
IMass., March 24, 1.S42, he being the first
child horn in Sonierville after it was set
apart from Charlestown. He was educated
in the public schools of his native town.
In early life, he served three vears' appren-
tice to Joseph V. Twoniblv, learning the
liou.se painting trade. He'left the bench
in April, 1861, and enlisted for three
months in Company I, Fifth Massachusetts
Volunteers, under Captain C>eorge O.
Brastow, and participated in the first Imt-
tle of Bull Run. At the expiration of this
service he returned home, and in 1862 he
assisted in recruiting fir three years, the
Sonierville (Uiard, of which he was com-

missioned its First Lieutenant. The Com-
pany liecame Company E, of the Thirty-
Ninth Mas.sachusetts Volunteers, and did
valiant service. In 1863 Mr. (Hies was
appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Military
(jovernor at Washington, Brigadier-Gen-
eral John H. Martindale, which position
he held for eleven months, he being the
onlv volunteer officer on a regular army
staff. Mr. ( Tiles represented his district
in the Legislatu.re in 1891 and 1892, and
w-as on important committees. Mr. Giles
is one of the leading real estate brokers in
Somerville, which bu.siness he has carried
on since 1875.

Mtnt-TK Mk>- r p 'C-l

149

Jl'DSON W. Oliver, Somerville. Mass.
Minute Men of '61
Co. I. Fifth Mass. Sergft. Co. E. -Wth Mass. \'ols.

Judson W. Oliver, Company I, Fifth
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, three
months' service. Sergeant Company E,
■Thirt3--Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers,

was prisoner at Belle Lsle and Liljl^y for
six months. Mustered out at close of war.
Died April 7, 1908.

150

Minute Me.v of '61

Calvin S. Mixter. Maiden, ]V[ass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. F. 5th Regt. Co. B. 22d Mass. 1st I,t. and Ad,it. 37th Regt, U. S. C. T.

Calvin S. Mixter responded to the call
■of President Lincoln for seventj'-five thou-
sand men, and promptly enlisted in a com-
pany of volunteers raised by Captain David
K. Wardwell and others, designated as
Company F, and attached to the Fifth
Regiment, M.V.M., commanded by Colo-
nel Samtiel C. Lawrence. He served
therein all the engagements in which the-
Regiment participated., and was mustered
out and honorably discharged at expira-
ition'of term of service July 31, 1861.

September 3, 1861, he re-enlisted in
Company B, Twenty-Second Regiment
Massachitsetts Volunteer Infantry, and
was mustered out Januarj' 21, 1864, to
accept the appointment of First Lieuten-
ant and Adjutant of the Thirty-vSeventh
Regiment United States Colored Troops,
and served therein tintil Septemljer, 1864,
when he contracted malarial fever and was
sent to the hospital at Hampton, Va.,
where he was honorably discharged for
disability December 6, 1864.

Since then he has been emploj-ed b}- the
government of the United States.

Minute Men of '61

151

Charles Raymond, Charlestown, Mass.

Minute Men of '61
Company K Fifth Massachusetts Resriiuent

Charles Raymond was born in Charles-
town, Mass., mustered in May 1, 1861, in
Company K, Fifth Massachusetts Volun-
teer Militia for three months' term. Was
at the battle of Bull Run. Discharged
July 31, 1861.

PvUlisted July 21, 1862, for three years in
Company B, Thirty-Sixth Massachusetts
Volunteers and was appointed Sergeant.
Participated in the following engagements:
Fredericksburg, Va., Vicksburg, Jackson,
Campbell Station, Knoxville, Wilderness,
Spottsylvania, North Anna and Cold Har-
bor. vSeverely wounded at Cold Harbor,

June 3, 1864. Discharged, July 31. 1864.
Comrade Raymond is a Pa.st Commander
of Post Xo.'ll, G-A-R. Mr. Raymond's
ancestors were active in all the early wars
fought in this country. Both himself and
wife being son and daughter of the Ameri-
can Revolution.

His ancestor, William Raymond, pri-
vate, Captain Rossiter's Company of
Minute Men, Colonel John Patterson's
Regiment, which marched in response
to the alarm of April 19, 1775. After-
wards enlisted in Continental Army,
was stationed in Fort No. 3, in Charles-
town, during siege of Boston.

152

MiNu:n: Men of '61

Lieutenant El'sha N. Peirce, President
Minute Men of '61

LieutL-naiit Elislia Nye Peirce of W'al-
tham, Fourteenth President of Massachn-
setts Minute Men of '61, born in Medford,
Mass., August 21, 1<S39. He is a direct
descendant from John Pers,, an p;n,t^lish
Puritan, who settled in Watertown, in
1634.

On the first call for troops April 15, 1861,
Private Elisha N. Peirce marched with the
Miniite Men of '61 to the defence of
Washington, in Company E, Fifth Regi-
ment, M.V.M. This Regiment was
attached to Franklin's Urigade, Heintz-

elman's Division, and was the only
Regiment of Massachusetts that was en-
gaged in the first battle of Bull Run,
fought July 22, 1861.

After being mustered out here-enlisted
with his entire Company in the Thirty-
Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers. It is be-
lieved that Company E, Fifth M.V.M. , is
the only three months' company that re-
enlisted as ati entire company into a three
years' Regiment. Before the Twenty-
Ninth left the state. Private Peirce was
appointed a Lieutenant in a nine months'

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155

Company that was formed in Medford to
take the place in the Fifth Regiment made
vacant bj' Conipan}- E, going into the
Thirty-Ninth.

After a short service in the Fifth Regi-
ment, he was transferred to the United
States Signal Corps, in which he served
until Januar}', 1865, when he was dis-
charged on account of disability.

Lieutenant Peirce served in the Tenth

and P<ighteenth Army Corps, and in the
States of Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, also on
several gun-boats, as army signal officer
to communicate with land forces, and was
three times slightly wounded.

He was s member of the Massachusetts
Commandery of the Loyal Legion, and of
the United States Veteran Signal Corps
Association. He died October 30, 1904.

I,IST OF NATIONAI, CEMETBRIBS

With the Number of Interments in Bach, June 30th, 1895

Name of Cemetery.
Alexandria. l,a.
Alexandria, Va.
Andersonville, Ga.
Annapolis, Md.
Antietam, Md.
Arlington. Ya.
Ball's Bluff, Va.
Barrancas, Fla.
Baton Rouge, I,a.
Battle Ground, D. C.
Beaufort, S. C.
Beverly, N.J.
Brownsville, Tex.
Camp Butler, 111.
Camp Nelson, Ky.
Cave Hill, Ky.
Chalmette, I^a
Chattanooga, Tenn.
City Point, Va.
Cold Harbor, Va.
Corinth, Miss.
Crown Hill, Ind.
Culpepper, Va.
Custer Battlefield, Mont.
Cypress Hills, N. Y.
Danville, Ky.
Danville, Ya.
Fayetteville, Ark.
Finns Point, N. J.
Florence, ,S. C.
Fort Donelsou, Tenn.
Fort Gibson, Ind. T.
Fort Harrison, Ya.
Fort L,eavenworth, Kans
Fort McPher.son, Nebr.
Fort Scott. Kans.
Fort Smith, Ark.
Fredericksburg, Va.
Gettysburg, Pa.

Interments.

Known. Unknown.

Total.

532

772

1,304

3,410

123

3,533

12.782

923

3,533

2,288

204

13,705

2,872

1.864

4,736

12,589

4,349

16,938

862

710

1,572

2,508

532

3,040

4,775

4,532

9,307

164

171

1,463

1,379

2,842

1,009

355

1,364

2,455

1,189

3,644

2,442

582

4,024

6,944

5,742

12,686

8,117

4,969

13,086

3,779

1,379

5,158

672

1,289

1,961

1,790

3,939

5,729

680

712

456

912

1,386

807

183

990

4,975

373

5,348

349

357

1,175

153

1,328

445

782

1,227

106

2,539

2,645

212

2,804

3.016

160

511

671

241

2,212

2,453

242

575

817

1.729

1.445

3,174

473

341

814

489

177

666

783

1.150

1,933

2,490

12,795

15,285

1,984

1,612

3.597

Interments.

Name of Cemetery.

Known. U

nkuown.

Total.

Glendale, Va.

238

965

1,203

Grafton. W. Ya.

637

620

1,257

Hampton, Ya.

6,653

493

7,146

Jefferson Barracks, Mo.

8,806

2,906

11,712

Jefferson City, Mo.

370

411

781

Keokuk, Iowa

661

704

Knoxville, Tenn.

2,149

1,047

3.196

I,ebanon, Ky.

592

277

869

I,exington, Kv.

840

112

952

I^ittle Rock, Ark.

3,349

2,373

5,722

lyondon Park, Md.

,2262

374

2,366

Marietta, Ga.

7,199

2,965

10,164

Memphis, Tenn.

5,171

8,820

13,992

Mexico City, Mex.

570

750

1,320

Mill .Springs, Ky.

350

366

716

Mobile, Ala.

795

116

912

Mound City, 111.

2,504

2,763

5,267

Nashville, Tenn.

11,857

4.701

16,558

Natchez, Miss.

332

2,780

3,112

New Alban5', Ind.

2,192

676

2,868

New Berne, N. C.

2,212

1,091

3,303

Philadelphia, Pa.

2,173

185

2,358

Poplar Grove, Va.

2,199

4,006

6,205

Port Hudson, L,a.

592

3,239

3,831

Quincv, 111.

167

222

Raliegh. N. C.

629

572

1,201

Richmond, Ya.

851

5,700

6,551

Rock Island, 111.

277

308

Salisbury, N. C.

102

12,035

12,137

San Antonio, Tex.

966

225

1,191

San Franci-sco, Cal.

999

397

1,396

Santa Fe, N. M.

243

360

603

Seven Pines, Va.

154

1,226

1,380

Shiloh, Tenn.

1.236

2,362

3,598

Soldiers Home, D. C.

6,303

293

6,593

Springfield. Mo.

919

734

1,650

St. Augustine, Fla.

1,470

1,476

Staunton. Va.

234

527

761

Stone's River, Tenn.

3,817

2,330

6,147

Vicksburg. Miss.

3,935

12.721

16,656

Wilmington. N. C.

717

1,577

2,294

Winchester, Va.

2,099

2,385

4,484

Wood! awn, N. V.

3,068

3,075

York town. Ya.

750

1,435

2.186

Totals

183,946 150.507 334,453

Of these interments, about 9,300 are those of
Confederates, being mainly in the National Ceme-
teries at Camp Butler, Cypress Hills, Finn's Point,
Fort Smith, Hampton, Jefferson Barrack's and
Woodlawn.

Minute Men of '61

John Mackenzie

Minute Men of '61

Co. B, Fifth Massachusetts Regiment

John MacKenzie, Company B, F'ifth
Regiment, Minute Men of '61, was born
in Prince Edward Island, in 1838, of Scotch
parentage, his father Ijeing descended
from the Applecross MacKenzies. Alex-
ander MacKenzie. a direct ancestor of his
father, was a L/ieutenant Colonel in the
first MacKenzie Regiment and took part
in the battle of Sherilfineer, 1715.

Came to Boston in 1858, and engaged in
business for himself. Joined the Massa-

chusetts Volunteer Militia, and was a
member of the Richardson Ivight Guards
of vSouth Reading. During the winter of
1859 and 1860 he got his first lessons in
patriotism from old Dr. Kirk in the Ash-
burton riace Church. He preached on
the love of God and Country, so that
when the call came, it found him ready to
serve the land of his adoption.

Will not dwell on the exciting time in
Faneuil Hall, and that all-day trip to

Minute Men of '61

155

New York, and how the guests at the Le
Farge House gave up their rooms to us
while the boat was being prepared to
carr}' us to Annapolis. There were many
sea-sick going around Cape Hatteras.
After a good deal of trouble at Annapolis,
where we encountered the first signs of
treason, we arrived in Washington, and
were quartered in the Treasury- Building.
There, I, as well as others, felt the warm
clasp of the noble Lincoln hand, and
heard his fervent, "God bless >'ou, my
bo3S . ' '

After the gallant Ellsworth was mur-
dered in Alexandria, the Fifth Regiment
was made provost guard, and put the city
under martial law.

While not on dut}- guarding the city,
we worked on Fort Ellsworth, and after a
few W'Ceks of that kind of life, the order
came to prepare for more active duty.
We were given three dajs' rations, but
my right hand man, Horace Warren, had
no haversack, so he put what he could in
his pockets, and I carried all I could in
m\- haversack, and divided with him on
the way. The consequence was that he
and I, and man}' others suffered for food
before the three da3'S had passed.

I will now pass on to Sunday morning,
July 21, that terrible day of the battle of
Bull Run. Though we had been on our
feet and readv for action since before day-
light, the Fifth Regiment did not get on
the field until about noon. We were
marched into an open space, and down
into a valley, while shot and shell flew
thick and fast mostly over head. Then
we went up a hill and commenced firing
b}' company- front ; and as each compan}-
fired, it parted into two platoons in the
rear to load. Here m\' comrades, Griggs
and FyUStis, were severely wounded, and
I think it was here that Thomas Hetler
was killed by a bullet in the brain.

Then Ricket's Battery came along, and
we were ordered to support it. We helped
it through the Run which was more than
knee deep, and up the hill into position
to fire on the eneni}-, but just as the\- got
ready to fire, they were opened on by a
battery in the woods-, about two hundred
jards away, which made fearful destruc-

tion. Many of tlie men and horses were
killed, and the battery came rolling down
upon us and seemed to break up our
Regiment.

I heard no command after tliat, ami it
seemed as though each one did what he
thought was best. I saw one poor fellow
struggling in the stream, and assisting
him to his feet, I saw that a piece of his
skull, over his eyes hung out from his
head, though the covering of the brain
was not broken. I set the piece back into
place and bound it there with an old
handkerchief. Then with my help he
could walk and tell me the Regiment to
which he belonged, but I do not now re-
member it. I took him to an old farm
house which stood in a field a few
hundred yards away. Here many dead
and W'Ounded lay around the house and
barn. We managed to get up the steps,
and someone inside took him by the arm
and helped him in, and I saw him no
more. It did seem as if the enemy's fire
was directed against that house, for
bullets stuck in the wood-work around
the door and windows, and flattened on
the brick-work that the lower part of the
house was composed of.

Upon returning I could not find either
mj' Company or Regiment, but found
Horace Warren, my old chum. He was
loading and firing away at the enemy on
his own hook. The bullets flew so thick
and fast around us, though, that after
filling our canteens in the muddy stream,
we left that part of the field to find our
Regiment if possible.

Passing through a grove on our right, I
saw many dead and wounded confeiierates
who had lain there since early morning.
One of them with his leg shattered to
pieces, raised his hand and begged me not
to kill him. Such a thing was far from
my mind. Then he begged for water. I
handed him my canteen, and helped him
to raise his head and shoulders, in a little
while he drank nearly all of its muddy
contents.

After that, we got into the road which
was filled with all kinds of troops mi.xetl
up with baggage wagons and even hacks
with ladies and gentlemen in citizens

156

Minute Men of '61

clothes. Just ahead of us was a battery
which I think was the one we helped in
the early part of the day. It was now
near night, and we were nearing a cross in
the roads. A company of Confederate
cavalry rushed out from the right and
took the battery in less time than it takes
to tell it, then galloped away to the right
with it.

About a mile further on we saw a farm
house down in a field with a well sweep in
the yard, and Warren said, "Ivet us go
down and get some cold water." There
wasn't a soul about the place and the well
was deep ana had no bucket or rope. It
was hard to see that nice cold water and
not be able to get at it. Then we saw an
old dairy, and as we did not expect to find
an}' milk, we were surprised to see three
pans standing on a shelf with thick cream
on them . In fact they were as thick as
pudding, but Warren ripped a shingle
from the roof, split it in two, and we had
a good feast. It was well we did for we
had had nothing to eat since early morn-
ing, and did not get an}' thing until
eleven o'clock the next day. After we
had eaten all we could, we got into the
crowd again, until we came to a bridge
near Centreville. This bridge was built
over a deep gulley, in which there was a
little water, and it had small rails on each
side. It was so crowded with men and

teams that the rails gave way and many
were either killed or injured by falling^
about fifteen feet to the rocks and water
below.

It was about dark when we reached
Centreville which we had left in the early
morning. Here we found about half of
my company, and I was so wrought up
with all I had been through, and what I
then supposed was the loss of the other
half, that I was completely overcome, and
went by myself and cried like a child.
Sometime in the night I heard tlie order
to fall in and march back to Alexandria.
In a short time, however, we were all
broken up again into a crowd, but Warren
and I kept together. After what seemed
a terrible journey, through fields and
woods most of the time, we came out at
the long bridge on the Potomac, and
started back to meet our Regiment at
Alexandria. We met them, or what was
left of them, on the way and marched
into Washington. From here we were
sent north, as our time had expired before
this, and were discharged on Boston
Common.

I married soon after, and when the
Regiment went again I wanted to go, but
my girl wife coaxed me out of it, and
when they went out the third time, I had
"infantry" at home to take care of and
could not go.

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COL. George W. Xa;.ox, Franklin, Mass.

Minute Men of '61
5tli Ma.ss. Regt., Post 60. In.stallinK Officer

CERTIFICATE OF RECORD.

No. 1403S0.

Coinpik-d from Oflficial and Authentic

Soiirces by the

Soldiers and Sailors.

Historical and Benevolent vSociety.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my

hand and cause to be affixed the seal of

the Society.
Done at Washington, D. C, this 24th
day of September, a.d., 1906.

M. Wai.lingsford,
No. 140380. Historian.

TO ALIv WHOM IT MAY CONX^ERN :
George Warrhn Nason, Jr., was the
son of George W. Nason of Franklin, who
married Peace Boyden Cook, daughter of
Captain Abner Cook, and granddaughter of
Captain Daniel Cook of Fall River, who,
with his vessel, was employed in trans-
porting munitions of war for General
Washington's Army; and grandson of
Jesse Nason of Franklin, and great-
grandson of Willoughby Nason, the Revp-
lutionary soldier of Walpole, Mass. The
Revolutionary Archieves at the State House
show that the said Willoughby Nason
served four terms of enlistment in 1775-
1776 and 1777 during the Revolutionary

War, being promoted to Bombardier in
Colonel Craft's Artillery Regiment. After
peace was declared he returned to his farm
in Walpole, following agricultural pursuits,
where he died April 9, 1838. His wife,
Mary, died at the home of her grandson,
George ^\'., in the town of Franklin, May
22, 1844. A beautiful granite monument
in Rural Cemetery, Walpole, marks the
place where the Revolutionary hero was
buried.

ElyiB rprttftra that Georgic Warren
Nason, Jr. E;nlisted from Franklin, Nor-
folk County, Massachusetts, on the 15th
day of April, 1861 to serve three months as
a Private of Captain George O. Brastow's
Compau}- I, Fifth Regiment Massachusetts
Vohinteer Infantry, (IMinute Men of '61),
Colonel Samuel C. Lawrence commanding.
The Fifth Regiment of Massachusetts
Infantr}-, at that time a militia organiza-
tion, was not included among those re-
ceiving the first call to arms after the Old
Flag was fired upon, April 12, 1861, at Fort
Sumter, but at a meeting held April 15, 1861,
the day of President I^incoln's call for sev-
enty-five thousand men for three months,
the services of the command were offered
to the Governor for that period, which
offer was quickly accepted. On April 17,
the command was instructed to hold itself
in readiness for dut\ . It occupied F'aneuil
Hall as its headquarters, where its organi-
zation was completed with the following
field officers, viz: — Samuel C. Ivawrence,
Colonel; J. Durell Greene, Lieutenant-
Colonel ; Hamlin W. Keyes, Major. On
of April 21, 1861, the Regiment set out
for Washington, D. C, moving by rail to
New York; thence with Cook's First I\Iassa-
chusetts Battery by steamers, ' ' DeSato ' '
and "Ariel' ' to Fortress Monroe and Annap-
olis, where they assisted in saving "Old
Ironsides," thence marching to Washing-
ton, the Nation's Capital, about forty miles
reaching that city in the early morning
of April 26, where President Lincoln wel-
comed them and clasped the hand of every
member of the Regiment. Quarters were
provided in the Treasury Iniilding. It was
mustered into the United States service on
May 1, 1861, and remained in the city for
a month, performing guard duty at the

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Treasury building, the President's House,
and A\'ar Department, and perfecting itself
in drill. On Maj- 25, it was ordered across
the Potomac, crossing long bridge at mid-
night and encamping near Alexandria, Va. ,
and occupying a point near Shuter's Hill
where they threw up breastworks and con-
structed p-ort Kllsworth. A camp was
formed nearby and was named Camp
Andrew, in honor of John A. Andrew,
at that time CTOvernor of Massachusetts.
The command was reviewed by President
Ivincoln on June 14, 1S61, and later was
assigned to the First Brigade, Third Di-
vision, of General McDowell's Army. On
July 16, the Regiment broke camp,
moving to Fairfax Court House, thence to
Sangster's Station and Centreville Ridge,
meeting some resistance of the enemy,
holding its position until the night of July

20, crossing the stone bridge about mid-
night, and on the next day, Sunday, July

21, 1861, took part in the first battle of
Bull Run, where it performed gallant ser-
vice, losing a number of killed, wounded
and captured. Soon after this apparently
drawn Ijattle, the command moved to
Centreville, thence on to Washington.
From there it returned to Boston, where it
was mustered out, its term of service
having expired before the Bull Ru'.i Ijattle.

The said George W. Nason, Jr., was
wounded at Bull Run, Va., on Julv 21,
1861, by a gun-shot in left leg and upon the
head b}- a sabre, cut through the cap. He
was also captured during that battle, Init
escaped during the night and rejoined his
Regiment.

He was honorably discharged at Boston,
Mass., on July 31, 1861, by reason of expir-
ation of term of service.

He re-enlisted at Boston, August 14,
1861, to serve three 3-ears or during the
war, and was nmstered into the United
vStates service September 2, 1861, as a Pri-
vate of Company H, Twenty-Third Regi-
ment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry,
Colonel John Kurtz, commanding. (Col-
onel John W. Raymond was in command
at expiration of service) .

The Twenty-Third Regiment Mas.sachu-
setts Infantry was organized at Ivynnfield,
the general nuister of the enlisted men

taking place on September 28. 1861,
and detachments were added from time
to time during the following month.
The disaster at "Balls P.luff " early in
November caused a hurry-up order for the
Twenty- Third and other regiments to go
forward; as several were away upon leave
of absence. Adjutant General Schouler,
upon recommendation of Colonel John
Kurtz, detailed George \V. Nason to re-
main in camp two weeks, to receive and
take charge of the men as they returned
for duty. The Regiment left its camp at
Lynnfield, on Noveml)er 11, moving In*
rail to Fall River, whence it embarked on
the steamers "State of Maine" and
"Metropolis" for New York, thence
moved via I'hiladelphia, Pa., to Perryville,
and from there by steamer to Annapolis,
Md., where the command w'as united a few
days later and occupied Camp John A.
Andrew. It w^as mustered into the Ignited
States service on December 5, 1861, and
was assigned to the First Brigade under
General John G. Foster. On the morning
of Thanksgiving Day, Na.son arrived at the
Camp with three loaded cars, two with
soldiers for the Twenty-Third, the Twenty-
Fifth and other regiments and one express
car with boxes and parcels from home for
Thanksgiving dinner. On January 6, 1862,
the Regiment embarked upon what was
known as the General Burnside Expedition
for Fortress Monroe, Va., and from there
sailed to Hatteras Inlet, N. C, which was
reached after a stormy voyage, on January
15, sailing thence into Pamlico Sound.
Two weeks were spent in repairing damage
and making preparation for the movement
against Roanoke Island, and on February
5, the Regiment sailed for that place, land-
ing on the seventh, with the exception of
Company E, which was detailed to assist in
working the gunboat ' ' Huzzar. ' ' The Is-
land, with four Forts, sixtj'-six canon, and
five thousand prisoners was surrendered
to General Burnside, February 8, 1862.
The Regiment was assigned to the First
Brigade, First Division, Ninth Corps, later
to the First Brigade, Second Division,
Eighteenth Corps, Army of the James, and
during its service participated in the follow-
ing engagements, viz: — Roanoke Island,

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159

New-Berne, N. C. ; Bachelor's Creek, N.
C. ; Tiiscorora, Swift Crc-fk or Arrowfield
Church, Va. ; Kinstoii. X. C. ; Whitehall,
(loldsboro, N. C. ; Wilcox' Ih'iiU^e or
Wise's Forks, Winston, IJarnard's ]\Iills,
Maynolia Station, Smith field or Cherry
Grove, Coljb's Farm, Whitehall, Pocahon-
tas, Va. ; Proctor's Creek, Halfway House,
Drewry's Bluff, Gaines' Mills, Cold Har-
bor, Chester Station or Bernuida Hundred,
Mine FIxplosion, before Petersburj^-, and a
number of minor engagements ; afterwards
performing guard and garrison duty until
ordered home, after expiration of its three
years' service.

The said George W. Nason, Jr., was
transferred to the gunboat "Hnzzar," on
January 4, 1862, as Storekeeper of the ship,
and during the attack on Roanoke Island,
while acting as Number Two man on Star-
l)oard Cannon, was struck by a piece of
wood on the wrist, caused by a rel)el shot
passing through the gun rail on deck,
severely- injuring his right wrist. He also
was wounded on March 14, 1862, at the
blockade near New-Berne, N. C. On
March 19, 1862, the gunboat " Huzzar "
went to the navy yard for repairs and
George W. Nason was assigned to duty in
the oflfice of the Chief Provost Marshal at
New-Berne.

He organized the New-Berne Fire De-
partment Regiment and on May 2, 1864,
was appointed Colonel of the Regiment, a
position he occupied until the close of the
w'ar. He received an honorable discharge
from Twenty-Third Massachusetts Regi-
ment on October 13, 1864, by rea.son
of expiration of term of service. He
was afterwards employed as Civilian in
the Provost Mar.shal's Department, until
June 23, 1865, at which date he was ap-
pointed Po.stmaster of the City of New-
Berne, N. C, a position he filled with honor
for about nine years, two years of which
he travelled as Special Agent and Inspector
for the Post Oflfice Department. He re-
signed the oflfice of Postmaster in Decem-
Tjer, 1873, for the pvirpose of taking the
position of general manager for the F^agle
Turpentine and Na^•al Store Works in
Florida, of which George C. Rixford was
president and Charles K. Dutton was

trea.surer. While with this concern, with
headquarters at Live Oak, five new towns,
with factories producing turpentine and
resin, were opened up and post offices
e.stablished, namely, Ivawtey, Rixford,
Padlock, Dutton and Custer.

He surveyed and had charge of Imilding
the railroad aljout se\en miles southerly
from Live Oak to Padlock, where the com-
pany had the largest turpentine distilleries
in the world.

He also was one of the pioneers, l)eing
assistant to Chief Kngineer Ivdward I\.
F'arrell, and a director in the corporation
which built the I/ake Santa I'e Canal, con-
necting Melrose, Florida, at the southerly
end of the lake, with the Atlantic, Gulf
and West India Transit Company's Rail-
road at Waldo, six miles distant.

He was a delegate from North Carolina
and also a member of Committee on Reso-
lutions in the National Convention at Phila-
delphia in 1872, which nominated General
U. S. Grant for his second term as Presi-
dent, was also a delegate to the Cincinnati
Convention in 1876, which nominated
Rutherford B. Hayes.

Returning to Massachusetts after five
years' service with the Eagle Company, he
engaged in the real estate Inisiness with his
brother, Jesse L. Nason and other associates,
and from 1880 to 1892 built one hundred
and .seventeen dwelling houses, stores,
hotels and other .structures, many of them
in the Back Bay section of the cit\-. The
depreciation of values in 1893-4-5 nearly
ruined him financially, but he closed up
his affairs honorably, paid all obligations
in full, and despite his advancing years,
began life anew and went to work on a
salary

He rendered gallant and meritorious ser-
vice to his country during the entire war,
and achieved a proud record for faithful
and efiicient service.

Probably one of the proudest acts of his
life was the game of " bluflf " which he
successfully played May 4, 1864, the facts
of which are obtained from the diar\- found
in the effects of Captain John A. Jud.son,
Assistant Adjutant General to Generals
I'oster and Palmer at New-Berne, N. C.

George W. Nason was onl_\- a private in a

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Massachusetts Regiment, detailed as a
Clerk ill Provost Marshal's office up to the
time when he planned and executed the
' ' bluff game ' ' of receiving large reinforce-
ments at New-Berne, N. C, May 4, 1864,
when the government had supplies and
munitions of war aggregating more than
three millions of dollars, with less than
thirty sohliers in the city, the gunboats and
the Union troops being awa}' upon expedi-
tions to \\'ashington, N. C, Rdenton,
Plymouth and Swansboro, etc. There
were three Generals in the city, whose
commands were divided up reconnoitering.
When the rebels began to gather around
New-Berne it looked liazey. Every pre-
caution was taken to prevent rebel s}in-
pathizers in the city from communicating
with rebel pickets outside. Those in au-
thority expected the ' ' Johnnies ' ' to walk
in and had arranged to *bury the records,
etc., to prevent them from falling into the
hands of the enemy. When Nason was
called upon at the office of the Provost
Marshal to furnish boxes and lal)orers to
bury the records, he proposed a " l)luff
game ; " he .said :

" There are plent_\' of brass Ijaiid in.stru-
ments in the warehouse ; we have two
locomotives and six cars ; probably a thou-
sand negroes in town. We could rig out
two or three brass bands, get them readv
and as'soon as it becomes dark, load up the
cars with "darkies" as musicians, to
drown the noise of the engine, have the
steam saw and planing mill run a few
minutes while the train is backing down
over Trent River bridge, put out the lights,
cover the sides of the engine with blankets
and run the train very slowly over the
bridge, so as to make very little noise ;
thence down through the woods towards
Morehead City and Beaufort about three or
four miles, then take off blankets, .start the
lights and music, set the whistle blow-
ing and keep up the liveliest racket that
could be imagined at forty miles an hour."
" When the}' arrive, set up cheering, keep
the bands playing — while one band re-
mains in the city, let the other two board
the train again, put out the lights and
make a second slow still trip down the
woods about four miles again, then light

up, start the bands pla3-ing, no matter
whether in tune or out of tune, so they
make a lovid racket, and as we hear them
Hearing the city the second time, let us set
up the biggest ' I'ourth of July ' racket ever
heard, keep the whistles tooting and have
everyone yell to the extent of his lung
capacity . ' '

The three Generals had no faith in the
scheme — but Captain John A. Judsoii, the
Assistant Adjutant General, said, "Good
.scheme; go ahead." He gave orders to
Captain Norcross, the master of transpor-
tation. Captain Wallace Iv. Crowell at the
ship yard, and others to do every thihg
they could to execute Nason's plans.

At eight p.m. all was in readiness, and
before nine p.m. , two pretended train loads
of reinforcements such as they were, had
arrived. The band kept up a roar of music
such as it was, a barrel of whiskey kept the
cit\' lively and at (kiylight the next morn-
ing the reljels who had been seen in con-
siderable force at the west and north of
the cit}' and those opposite on Neuse River,
had departed.

The scheme worked entirely satisfactory.
The three Creiierals were not taken pris-
oners, the three million dollars of supplies
were saved to the Government, Nason had
the satisfaction of knowing his "bluff"
game was a success, ])ut the officers got the
credit of saving the city.

George Warren Nason was born at
Franklin, Mass., January 11, 1.S34, and
was united in marriage May 10, 1854, to
Harriett A. Kilburn, at L/unenburg,
Mass. He lost his wife on the .sixth
day of April, 1866, and since that date
has lived a bachelor life. They had one
son, Adelbert Merrill Nason, who was
killed in 1874 by an elevator accident.

He is a member of Franklin Post No. 60,
Department of Massachusetts, Grand Army
of the Republic, of which he was its first
Commander ; he also was the first Com-
mander of Heaton Post, No. 4, G-A-R., at
New-Berne, N. C, in 1866. He is a mem-
ber of the Sons of American Revolution,
Massachusetts Division. He has been a
Mason for more than fifty \'ears, and is one
of the oldest members of DeMolay Com-
mandery. Knights Templars. At the

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prcsL-nt time Ik- ()ccui)ies a proinint-iit i>o-
sitioii as Clt-rk in Uk- \\'ater Departiiiunt,
Boston, Mass., a ])()sition he has held for
twelve years. He has 1)een a Justice of the
Peace ami Notary Inblic lor forty-nine
3-ears.

In the (Vrand Army of the Ri-pul)lic and
in regimental associations. Colonel Nason
lias been repeatedly honored. He is an
Aide-de-Canip on the vStafF of Commander-
in-Chief, James Tanner, and, with few ex-
ceptions in the last quarter of a centur\ ,
has served former Commanders in like
capacity. He has been a delegate repre-
senting Mas.sachnsetts in National Encamp-
ment a number of times, from the Atlantic
to the Pacific Coast. He is Past President
of the Massachusetts Kftli Regiment Vet-
eran Association, the Twenty-Third Massa-
chusetts Veteran As.sociation , the Roan-
oke Association, consisting of twenty -one
regiments, the Minute Men of '61, Massa-
chusetts Division, consisting of seven regi-
ments and one Ijattery of artillery. He
also is a prominent member of the Grand
Army Cli:b of Mas.sachnsetts, serving two
years as its Adjutant. This Club repre-
sents forty-six Posts of the (t-A-R.

For patriotic instruction in the public

.schools he is an enthusiastic champion and
is constantly on the alert in this important
l)ranch in the education of the young.
Always ready, financially or otherwise, to
aid and assist auxiliary associations and
every good cause.

His brothers, William Kmnions, Albert
Davis, James Henry, also served in the
Civil War. His brother, Je.sse lyeonard,
Served as Clerk in the Quartermaster's
Dej^artment, being a civilian employee.

These facts are furnished by comrades
who served in the arm\ with Colonel
Nason, and who ha\e l)een personallv ac
quainted with the circumstances for many
years, for preservation for the benefit of
all who may be interested.

Compiled from Ofiicial and Authentic
Sources, by the Soldiers and vSailors His
torical and Benevolent Society.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my
hand and cause to be affixed the seal of
the Society.

Done at Washington, D.C., this Twenty-
fourth day of September, A. I)., 1906.

M. W.\Li,ixn.SFORi), Historian.

No. 1403 SO.

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ill the field operations of this Regiment,
and he was transferred with the rank of
Tvientenant Colonel to the \'eteran Rescne
Corps and assigned to dut}- in the state of
New Hampshire, to enforce the Draft,
wiiich dnty was faithfnlly performed.
After this he served in various capacities,
and at the close of the Avar was on the Rio
( .rande. Colonel Wardwell was a most
energetic and capable officer, and received
many very complimentary notices from
his superior officers. After the war he
located in Arizona and held various local
offices. Alwa\-s foremost in line of im-
provements. Died in 1903, and was con-
sidered a great leader among progressive
men.

C.APT. D.AViD K. Wardwei.l. Tombstone. Ari.

Minute Men of 'bl

Co. F, 5th Mass. Brig. Gen U. S. Vols.

Colonel David K. \\'ardwell was born in
Wa,sliington, D. C.,inl823. In 1<S46 he
enlisted in Company F, First Massachu-
setts \^olunteers, and served as First Ser-
geant through the Mexican war, under
both Generals Taylor and Scott, and at the
battles before the City of Mexico, was a
member of the .staff of Brigadier-General
Franklin Pierce. At the close of this war
he located in Boston and upon the first call
of President Fincoln for troops, April 15,
1861, raised a volunteer company, which
was assigned as Company F, Fifth Volun-
teer Militia. He commanded this com-
pany during the three months' campaign,
and rendered conspicuous service at the
first battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861.

In Augu.st, 1861. he was appointed Cap-
tain of Company B, Twenty-Second Massa-
chusetts Volunteers, and served through
the Peninsular campaign with marked
efficiency. In August he was commis-
sioned Lieutenant Colonel of the Thirty-
Eighth Massachusetts Volunteers and
accompanied that comtnand to Louisiana.
Ill health prevented him from taking part

George Norton

Minute Wen of '61

Co. C. .Stli IMassachusetts Retriment

Served in United .States Navy, in the
"Pocahontas," "Kingston," "Prince-
ton," "Mississippi," " State of Georgia,"
and Vermont."

MiNUTK Mttn- op 'r-,1

163

Alfred Haskei.l, Medford, Mass.
Minute Men of '61
Co. E. 5th Mass. I,t. Co. F. 5th Regt. Mass.

Alfred H.\skell. Medford. Muss.

Minute Men of "61

Co. E. 5th Mass. I.t. Co. F, 5th Mass. Vols.

Alfred Haskell, son of John Hardy and
Sail}- Ann (Newton) Haskell, was born
April 14, 1831, at Medford, Mass. He was
a descendant of William Haskell, who
came from England and settled at Cape
Ann Side (now Beverly) before 1637 ;
afterwards settling at Gloucester, Mass.

His grandfather, Jeremiah Haskell, stood
guard at the State Arsenal at Charlestown
(now known as the Old Powder House in
Somerville) during the war of 1812-14,
when the Massachusetts Militia was called
out to suppress a threatened invasion ; his
great grandfather, Jeremiah Haskell, Jr.,
of L/ancaster, Mass., was a Corporal in
Captain Benjamin Houghton's Compan\ of
Ivancaster Minute Men who marched on
the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge,
enlisted in the army and fought in the
Battle of Bunker Hill as Third Sergeant in
his brother Andrew's company ; his ances-
tors were also in Colonial wars.

Alfred Haskell in early life was a ship-
wright ; he answered the President's first
call for troops April 19, 1861, as a private
in the Lawrence Light Guards of Medford
Company E, Fifth Regiment. He fought

in the first battle of Bull Run and led Cor-
poral William J. Crocker, a wounded com-
rade from the field ; he mustered out Jnlv
31, 1861.

He also answered the nine months' call
September 22>, 1862, and was the popular
Fir,st Lieutenant of Company F, Fifth
M.V.M. He saw service in North Caro-
lina ; camped at New- Berne and was in the
battles of Little Washington, Wliitehall,
Kinston, Goldsboro, and Gum Swamp;
mustered out July 2, 1863. Upon his re-
turn he rendered citizen service at the
Charlestown Navy Yard until after the
war. He carried on the provision business
in Medford Square from 1873 to 1881.

He was initiated into Mt. Hermon
Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Medford,
March 11. 18.S9, and St. Johns Royal Arch
Chapter February 10, 1862, and FXst
Boston Council of Roval and Select ^Masters
vSeptembt-r 19, 1862 ; also a ciiarter member
of INIvstic Royal Arch Chapter and Medford
Council, was' a Past Higli Priest of the
Chapter and Past Tlirice Illustrious Master
of the Council. He was a member of S. C.
Lawrence Post 66, Gt-A-R. For the last
twentv-two vears of his life he was an
efficient officer of the Medford Police and
was past president of the Police Relief
Association, .\lfred Haskell died at his
residence in INIedford, :\Iay 10. 1906.

164

MiNUTK MKN of '61

Bkxj\mi.n' Joskfh Coring. Fast Braiiitree. Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. (",, Fifth Mass. 1st Mass. Battery TI. A.

Born in Weyiiiotith, Mass., April 27,
1842. He was educated in the public
schools of W'eyniotith and Braintree, and
has spent most of his life in those towns.
(-)n lea\'in,Q' _^sch()ol he was eniployed in
transportation business and was en^iaged
in this vocation when President lyincoln
issued his call for troops April 15. 1861.
He- responded and enlisted in Company G,
Fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer
Militia, and was with the Regiment in all
its work of bitilding Fort Ellsworth and
other duties, was in the battleof Bull Run,
July 21, and discharged wi'Ji the Regiment
July 31, 1861, and returned home.

February 26, 1862, he re-enlisted in
Company A, First Ikittalion Massachusetts
Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and served
three years, being discharged February 27,
1865, as First Sergeant of his Company.

After the war Mr. Ivoring was engaged
for man}' years as Carpenter and Builder.
In 1872 he was elected constable of Brain-
tree, and has served continuously since
that time. He was night ofticer for two
years, and has also served as truant officer
and a member of the Board of Fire Fn-
:gineers of Braintree.

Benjamin J. I.cirinc;, East BranUtee. Mass.

Minute IMen of '61

5lh M,i-s, R>-.ut.. 1st Battery Mass. H. A.

In 188S, he was appointed Special Agent
of the Massachusetts vSociety for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Children, which posi-
tion he still holds. In 1896 he w-as ap
pointed a Justice of the Peace. In 1904 he
was appointed a Special District Police
Ofiicer by (xovernor John L. Bates. He is
a member of Reynolds Post 58 Ct-A-R of
\\'e\-mouth, Rural Lodge F. and A. -M.,
Ouincy, Pentalpha Chapter Royal Arch
Masons, E. Weymouth, South Shore Com-
mandery, K. T. Mayflower Chapter No.
65, (). E. S., Grand Army Club, Kirchi-
mankin Tribe I. O. R. M., of which he is
Past Sachem, Minute Men of '61, repre-
senting the Fifth Regiment as Vice Presi-
dent in 1901 and 1902, Fifth Regiment
Association and Company A, Heavy Artil-
lerv Association, of which he has been
Secretary and Treasurer since its organiza-
tion twenty-four years ago. For several
years Aide-de-Camp upon stafT of com-
mander-in-chief and department of Massa-
chusetts G-A-R. Has served as Secretar}-
and Treasttrer of Company A, Association
since its organization in 1886.

In 1865, Mr. lyoring married Miss Carrie
F. Ludden of Braintree, and has one
dattghter. Since his marriage he has made
Braintree his home.

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165

Comrade Frank A. Brown. Past Adit.

Minute Men of '61

5tli Mass. Rest, and 47th Mass Regt.

Born September 3, 1838. A member of
Company K, Fifth Massachnsetts, Colonel
Samuel C. Lawrence ; after reaching Wash-
ington was assigned to dut}- of guarding
the Treasury building and White House.
The Regiment was assigned at provost
guard in Alexandria. Was at the engage-
ment at Sangster's Station, July 18, and
the battle of Bull Ritn, July 21, 1861,
where he narrowly escaped captttre. He
with others being nearly surrounded by
the rebel pickets, forded the river and
under cover of darkness and heavy fire
escaped . Afterwards appointed recruiting
oiScer by Governor An<lrew atid Mayor
Wightman of Boston, at the old State
House where he assisted in raising several
Companies of the Forty-Seventh Massa-
chusetts, going out as First Sergeant of
Company H, of that Regiment which was
assigned to Baulss' expedition, Jsew
Orleans, La. After arriving there he was
detailed Postmaster of Second Brigade
where he performed the duties of that oihce
till disabled by sun-stroke in 1878. He
was one of the originators and with a few
others organized the association of Massa-

chusetts Three Months' Volunteers, after-
wards n:erged into the association of
Minute Men of '61, .serving as its Secre-
tary and Adjutant seven years. A member
of Tost 35, G-A-R Chel.sea, Mass., and
other fraternal organizations. He died
March 17, 19U3. at Everett, Mass. ; the
funi.ral was largely attended by the Minute
Men of '61, IVst •>5, G-A-R and kindreil
organizations.

Georgi-; O Br.vstow. Somcrville, Mass.

Minute Men of '61
Capt. Co. I, Fifth Mass. Maj. IT. S Vols.

Major George (). Brastow was born in
Wrentham, Mass., September 8, 1811.
Died November 20, 1878.

He was Captain of the Somerville Com-
pany in the Fifth Mas.sachusetts Volunteer
Militia (hiring its three months' term, and
was very poi)ular throughout the whole
Regiment by reason of his zeal and
efficiency as an officer and tlie magnetism
of his genial and kindly nature.

He was commissioned as Paymaster with
the rank of Major in 1862. He was twice
elected Mayor of Somerville, and also
served as member of the Legislature for
several jears, during two of which he was
President of the Senate.

166

Minute Men of '61

Capt John Hitchins. jSIedford, Mass.

Minute Men of '61
5th Ma s. I,t. Col. 39th Regt. Ma.ss. Vols.

Colonel John Hutchins, of Medford,
Mass., was at the outbreak of the war.
Captain of Company E, Fifth Massaclin-
sett,s Volunteer Militia, and with his
Company responded to the first call of
I'resident Lincoln f . r troops in April 1861.
His Compan}- was, perhaps, the efpud of
any in the Regiment for discipline, drill,
and all round efliciency. He served,
during the tliree months campaign, and at
the first l)attle of Bull Run, in common
with the rest of the Regiment, succeedetl
in maintaining the formation of his com-
mand, and manifested to a high degree
those qualities of coolness, courage and
power to lead his men in the stress of
Ijattle. Returning from this enlistment,
he reorganized his Company, and was, with
them assigned to the Thirty-Ninth Massa-
chusetts Volunteers as Ca])tain, and
through the rest of the war, participated
in all the conflicts of the Army of the
Potomac, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-
Colonel and commanding the Regiment
at the close of the war. He was singularly
fortunate in the performance of his duty

and never failed to comtnaiid the com-
mendation of his superiors, and the cheer-
ful oljedience of the men he commanded.
Tlioroughl)- \ersed in the military science,
he was a rigid disciplinarian, knowing no
favorites, but with a firm hand he held all
to their duty, and gave of his best to the
service of the Union.

After the war lie resided in Medford,
Mass., until his death in 1905.

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Hi;xRV K. Cr.-vxdv. Sonierville, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. I, 5th ^lassachusetts Reyinient

Born in Wayland, Mass., ()ctol)er 12,
1829, son of Henry and Rebecca Orandy of
Deerfield, Mass. His father was a soldier
in the war of 1812, upon the first call, was
a machinist and left his lathe and rushed
to the Armory. A former member of
Compan}' T, Fifth Regiment Somerville
Fight Infantry, .\'.M. In the breaking-
out of the rebellion he was one of man}- in
constructing Fort Ellsworth.

Minute Mkn of '61

167

Charles P. Whittle

Minute Men of '61

Fiftli ^Massachusetts Regiment

Comrade Whittle was bom in Charles-
town, Mass., June 26, 1S41, and obtained
his early education in the public schools of
that district. He became a member of the
old Charlestown Artillery when seventeen
years of age. With most of that Company
he hastened to offer his services to the
country at the outljreak of the Rebellion,
was made a Sergeant in the Fifth Regi-
ment; was in first Bull Run liattle. Was
recruiting olificer for city of Charlestown.
He again enlisted and was ordered to
North Carolina, where he took part in sev-
eral battles.

Later on he was detailed Iw General
Foster to position of Post Quartermaster
at Plymouth, N. C, and filled that place
with marked ability, returning with his
Regiment at the end of service. He again
enlisted in 1864, for the third time, was
appointed First Lieutenant in Fifth Regi-
ment, served with it at the front until the
expiration of its term.

After the war was salesman in a furni-
ture establishment of Boston, and in 1868,
while quite a young man, embarked in

nianufacturing on his own account, and
with gciod judgment and enterprise to
back him, made rajiid and successful
strides, and to-day is one of the leading
manufacturers of furniture and store fix-
tures, with a large factory and extensive
warerooms at 129 Portland Street, Boston.
Comrade Whittle is a Pa.st Commander
of Abraham Lincoln Post 11, has filled all
the offices of his post at difTerent times,
and in 1893 was Department Inspector
( jeneral.

John H. I/)kino. Concord. Mass.

Minute Men of '61
Co. K, 5tli Mass. _'(i Mass. Hattery

Born October 16, 1839, at North Yar-
mouth, Me. F^nlisted April l.=i, 1861, in
the Charlestown City (ruards. State Militia;
was in nnd around Washington and was
mu.stered out at Boston, Augu.st 15, 1S61;
re-enlisted in "Nim's" Second Light
Hor.se Battery in January, 1863. Was in
Red River Campaign, at Fort Blakely, at
the rear of Mobile and with the roving-
Brigade until the war was ended. For the
past twenty-two years has Ijeen employed
at the State Prison and the Reformatory at
Concord, Mass.

168

Minute Men of '61

^-T-CTIf^MBWiRfcT^,

William C. Bates, Newton, Ma,ss.

Minute Men of '61
Co. G, Fifth Miissachvisetts Regiment

William Carver Rates of Company G,
(Concord Artillery), Concord, Mass.,
enlisted April 19, 1861, at Boston, in
Faneuil Hall, under Captain George Iv.
Presi:ott. The Regiment left Boston Sun-
day morning, April 21, by train to New
York, thence by steamer, "DeSota,"via
Fortre-s Monroe to Annapolis, Md., and
by train to Washington, D. C, via Annap-
olis Junction. The Regiment was mus-
tered in May 1, and was drilled assidu-
ously by the officers and West Point Cadets
until May 25, when the advance into Vir-
ginia began over the long bridge across
the Potomac.

Two members of the Regiment were
detached to serve at Alexandria on the
Provost Marshal's Guard, George T.
Childs of the Charlestown City Guards,
and the subject of this sketch, William
Carver Bates, of the Concord Company.
These two became inseparable companions,
rejoining the Regiment July 18, in the
"()n to Richmond " campaign, and were
two of the twentv-five prisoners captured
at the first battle of Bull Run, July 21.
Very few of these men who went to Rich-
mond and spent ten months in the Con-
federate prisons in Libby and Salisbury,
Macon and New Orleans (Parish prison
before the arrival of Farragut) are still
living; Griggs, Teljbets, Childs and Bates
of the minute men prisoners, are those
known to be alive. The- experience of
these prisoners is yet to be written. Their
stories of captivity do not compare with
that of those who were later at Belle Isle
and Andersonville. But it was tragic
enough. They arrived before Aiigust 1,

William C. Bates. Newton, Mass.

Minute Men of '61
Co. G, Fifth Massachusetts Regiment

and were quartered in the tobabco factor-
ies, finding the "Dutch Sergeant" Wirtz
in immediate command. He was vigilant
to prevent escape and somewhat indiffer-
ent apparently to punctuality in supply of
rations. It is curious to recall that for
several days after our arrival at Richmond
one of the Yankee prisoners was escorted
to market under guard to make small pur-
chases of food, or little necessaries, cards,
chess-men, papers, etc., but this was soon
found to be impracticable, attracting too
nmcli curiosity and subversive to disci-
pline.

The prisoners captured at Bull Run gen-
erally retained their watches, money or
jewelry and in the following winter
received at New Orleans a supply of under-
clothing and coats sent from the North by
the Sanitary Connnission and which were
faithfully transmitted by the Confederate
authorities.

Mo.st of the Federal prisoners reaching
Richmond in the summer of 1861 were
sent to New-Bern, N. C. , from Salisbury,
in May or June, 1862, and rek-ased on
parole.

The addresses of the four Minute Men
surviving prisoners are: George T. Childs,
(Postmaster), vSt. Albans, Vt. , James H.
Griggs, Somerville, Mass., Frank Iv. Teb-
bets, Ewing, N. H. William Carver Bates,
60 State Street, Boston.

Minute Men of '61

Edward S. Wheeler, Lowell, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. G, 5th Mass. Co. G, 47th Regrt. Mass. Vols.

NATH.4N M.\R.SH Edw.ards, Appletou, wis.

Minute Men of '61

Co. D, 5th Mass. Capt. 1st N. Y. Vol. Engineer R't.

Edward S. Wheeler, one of the ^-oungest
Minute Men, was bom at Concord, Mass.,
June 17, 1844. Enlisted April 19, in Com-
pany G, Fifth Regiment, M.V.M. Taken
prisoner of war at the first battle of Bull
Run, July ?1, 1861, and held at Richmond,
Va., New Orleans, La., and vSalisbury,
N. C, nearh- eleven months. Re-enlisted
in Company G, Forty-Seventh Regiment
M.V.M. Stationed at and near New
•Orleans, La. Discharged September 1,
1863, by expiration of service. Hiram E.
Wheeler, a Minute Man in Company E,
Sixth' Regiment, was a brother. Resi-
dence (1902) 43 Varney- Street Lowell,
Mass.

Nathaniel Marsh lidwards, born at
Haverhill, Mass., July 5, 1837; graduated
at Union College in civil engineering in
1859. Responded to the first call, April
16, 1861. Enrolled First New York Vol-
unteer Engineers, November 8, 1861; com-
missioned Second Lieutenant, October 10,
1862; Fir.st Lieutenant, February 24, 1864;
Captain, January 12, 1865; Fir.st New York
Volunteer Engineers (Serrell's), dis-
charged July 19, 1865. Removed from
Haverhill in 1866 to Wisconsin, to take
charge of Green Ba}- and Mississippi canal
as chief engineer and superintendent and
since then followed civil and hydraulic
engineering at Appleton, Wis.

170

Minute Men of '61

Company K, Eleventh Regiment, and
Captain Company C, First Regiment of
that Corps. He commanded the "Regi-
ment" of Convalescents (from the Hos-
pitals of the District of Columbia) at Fort
De Russy, which aided in driving back
Farly's right wing, July 12, 1864.

During his service he was promoted to
Major and lyieiitenant-Colonel, but not
nmstered, as his Regiment was "below
the minimum." Was brevetted Major of
Volunteers by President Lincoln, "for
gallant and meritorious services during the
War." In January, 1866, was appointed
Assistant Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of the Carolinas, under General D.
E. Sickles. From April, 1866, to Febru-
ary 1, 1869, commanded Western District
of North Carolina, under Generals \\'hit-
tlesey, Ruger and Miles.

Hannibal D. Norton

Minute Men of '61

Fifth Massachusetts Regiment

Hannil)al Davenport Norton was born
November 9, 1838, at Addison, Washington
County, Maine, but at the age of seven his
parents removed to Boston, Mass. He was
educated in the public schools of Boston
and Charlestown. Upon reading the pro-
clamation of Governor Andrew, on the
morning of April 15, 1861, he dropped
l)tisiness at once and raced over to the
Armory of Company D, Fifth I'egiment,
M.V.M. ("Charlestown Artillery"), in
which he held a commission as Lieutenant,
and .started an enlistment roll, to ascertain
how many of the Company would respond
to the first caU of President Lincoln. He
went with the Fifth Regiment to Washing-
ton, via Annapolis, and participated in the
first battle of Bull Run, where he was
wounded. He subsequenth' recruited, and
was commissioned Captain of Company I,
Thirtj^-Second Regiment IMassachusetts
Volunteers and commanded his Company
in the following battles : second Bull Run,
South Mountain, Antietam, and fir.st
Fredericksburg, being wounded in the two
last-named. Was transferred to the Vet-
eran Reserve Corps, and served as Captain

John N. Bkekd, .Somerville, Mass.

Minvite Men of '61

5th Mass. SerRt. 32d Mass. Vols.

I^ost sight of eyes May 8, 1894 ; premature blast in

Iredell Co. (N. C.) Granite Quarry

Minute Men of '61

171

George W. Ckoss Worcester, Ma<s.

Minute Men of '61
Co. C, 5th Mass. Co. I. 32d Mass. Vols.

George W. Cross was born in Sebec, Me.,
Aiigttst 6, 1840, the son of Orich and
Mehitable Anderson Cross. He passed his
boyhood days in Sebec until he was sixteen
years of age, when his mother then wid-
owed, with family moved to Charlestown,
Mass. He was employed at the old Oak
Ha 1 clothing house and navy }ard; then
learning the trade of morocco dresser, at
which he worked at the time Lincoln's
call came for seventy -five thousand men.
He at once left his work and tried to
enlist bttt found the company full and was
told to wait and see if all reported; at the
last moment he got a chance in Captain
William R. Swan's Company C, Fifth
Regiment. On April 19, 1861, he didn't
even go home but marched to Fanetiil
Hall where they camped for the night,
leaving for Washington the next morning.
He was in the first battle of Bull Run.
Discharged July 31, 1861. The war fever
did not die out and Jitl}' 28, 1862, he again
enlisted in Company I, Thirty-Second
Regiment, M.V.I., in which he served
until the close of the war, participating in
the battles of the army of the Potomac; he
■was discharged Ma\- 29, 1865. He died
Decemljer 27, 1906. He was a member of
George Ward Post 10, G-A-R, also of the
Minute Men Association.

Valk.ntixu W ALLBfRc;. Schenectacl.x', X. V.

Minute Men of '61

Corp. Co. C, 5tli. Sgt. Co. D. ,5th Ksrt. M.V.M 9 mos.

Valentine \\'all1)urg was born December
12, 1841, in Boston, Mass. Joined Charles-
town Artillf-ry, Fifth Regunent M.V.]M.
in spring of 1860. In answer to Governor
Andrew's inquiry in January, 1861, he
pledged himself to respond to any call
that might come from tlie governor to
suppress rebellion. Reported for duty
April 15, 1861, at the Armory, Charles-
town City Square, and owing to an acci-
dent to Sergeant Davis which created a
vacanc}' in the non-connnissioned officers
of the company he was appointed a Cor-
poral in F'aneuil Hall on April 19, and
served with the Regiment in Company C
tmtil the end of the term of service. Hn-
li.sted again in August, 1862, as First Ser-
geant, Company D, Fifth Regiment
infantry, Massachusetts Volunteers, and
served until the Regiment was mustered
out in June, 1863. Came home convales-
cent from typhoid fever and was in jioor
health for over a year afterwards with
chronic diarrhoea. Since the war worked
as machinist and gun maker. From 1876
to 1878 instructor in Vise Work at the
Institute of Technology in Boston, and
since 1883 has been employed as foreman
by the Boston Gas Light Company, the
Thomson- Houston Electric Company of
Lvnn, I\Iass., and the General Electric
Company of Schenectady, N. Y.

172-

Minute Mkn of '61

William T. Evstis, Dixfield, Me.

Minute Men of 61
5th Mass. Adjt. 5tli Mass. 9 mos.

George Theodore Childs, born in
Charlestown, Mass., September 7, 1842.
Educated in the grammar and high
schools of that city. Knlisted in Company
K, Fifth Massachusetts Regiment, April
19, 1861; was captured at the first battle of
Bull Rtin, July 21, 1861; prisoner of war at
Richmond, Va., New Orleans, La., and
Salisbur}', N. C; paroled in June, 1862;
removed to St. Albans, Vt., in 1873; was
private secretary to the president of the
Central Vermont Railroad until 1892; edi-
tor of the SL Albans Daily IMessenger
from January 1, 1892, until Octoljer 1,
1899; presidential elector and messenger in
1884; chief of staff to Governor Farnham
in 1878; Judge Advocate General, 1880 to
1882; represented St. Albans in the Ivegis-
lature in 1896. Was Commander of Abra-
ham Ivincoln Pest No. 11, Department of
Massachusetts; Commander of A. R. Hul-
burt Post No. 60, Department of Vermont,
one term, and Commander of the Depart-
ment of Vermont, G-A-R., one term.

George T. Childs, St. Albans, Vt.

Minute Men of '61

Co. K, 5th Mass. Vols.

William T. Eustis was born in Rumford,
Me., August 19, 1837. At the breaking
out of the war was in Boston, in the hard-
ware business with the late Benjamin Cal-
lender. When President Lincoln's first
call was made for seventj--five thousand
men, without an hour's notice he left his
citizen's dress in the store and put on a
" loyal " uniform. Enlisting in Compau)^
I (afterward Company B), Somerville
Ivight Infantry, Captain George O. Bras-
tow.

Notwithstanding he re-enlisted after his
first term of service, he has alwaj^s looked
upon the answer to that first call, as the
most patriotic of them all, for he left a
business paying him a handsome income
to enlist as a private, because his country
called.

Minute Men of '61

173

Edward K. Davis

Minute Men of '61

Co. K, 5th Mass. Sergt. Co. H, 19th Mass. Vols.

Born ill Haverhill, in LS19. Hi.s grand-
father, William Davis, was a Minute Man
in the Revolution as were his brothers
Kbenezer and Charles. His mother's
uncle, General Benjamin Moers. for gallant
service at Fort Ticonderoga, was given a
large tract of land in New York near Lake
Chauiplain now known as Moers, the deed
of which is still in the Davis family.

As he was on the Police force of Charles-
town, he could not get released in time to
join the Sixth Regiment in which were
many of his friends and relatives, but later
on enlisted in the City Guards Fifth Regi-
ment, Colonel Boyd commanding.

He afterwards re-enlisted in Compau}-
H, Nineteenth Regiment.

He died June 4, 1903, six days l)L'fore his
eighty-fourth birthda\-.

His sister, Mrs. Nancy Buswell (still
living) made the first flag which left Haver-
hill from silk and ribbons from her milli-
nery store, in three days. It is now in the
Post Hall in Haverhill.

Kdw.'IRD Kimh.m,!, D.avis, Maiden, Mass.

Minnie Men of '61

5th Mass. Regt. Sergt. 19th Regt. Mass. Vols.

Edward K. Davis, was born at Haverhill ^
Mass., June 10, 1819. Rnlisted at Presi-
dent Lincoln's finst call, April 15, 1861, in
the Fifth M.V.M., as private. Re-enlisted
August, 1861, in the Nineteenth, as Ser-
geant.

His father, John Davis, of the same town,
served in the Haverhill Light Infantry in
the war of 1812, and after his discharge
went as privateer. Was taken prisoner by
Admiral Brock and carried to Halifax.

His grandfather, William Davis, fought
at Bunker Hill, and his great grandfather
in the F'rench and Indian war and in every
battle of the Revolution in which Washing-
ton was engaged. His maternal grand-
father, Jonathan Moore, was al.so a soldier
of the Revolution and brother of Major-
General Moore, one of Washington's aids.

174

Minute Men of '61

Edwin C. Benns;tt

Minvite Men of '61

Co. I, 5th Massachusetts Regiment

Edwin C. Bennett, was born in Sonier-
ville, Mass., Februarys, 1840. He was a
private in Company I, [Fifth Massachusetts
Volunteer Militia in the three months" ser-
vice. He joined the Twentj-Second Mas-
sachusetts Volunteers September 16, 1861,
as Sergeant, was promoted Second Ivieu-
tenant August 5, 1862, and commissioned
Captain, August 27, 1863. He was brevet-
ted Ivieutenant-Colonel United States Vol-
tmteers, March 13, 1865, for gallant and
meritorious services. He was wounded at
Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862,
an ounce l)all passing through the angle of
his left jaw, lodging in his neck. On June
2, 1864, he was detailed Adjutant-General
Second Brigade, First Division Fifth Corps,
and remained at front on staff cUity until
expiration of term October 3, following.
On leaving Brigade he was presented
with two letters of commendation signed
by all the commissioned officers present of
the Thirty-Second Massachusetts and One
Hundred and Fifty-Fifth Pennsylvania
Volunteers.

Since the war he was for twelve vears
Assistant Postmaster at St. Louis, Mo.", and
for five years prior to return in 1897 to
Somerville, manager of a mining company
in New Mexico. Died Februar}" 27, 1904,

John Henry Eames, Marshfield Hills

Minute Men of '61

Co. E, 5th Mass. Regt.

John Henry Eames was born in Medford,
Mass., December 16, 1834. He joined the
Lawrence Light Guard of Medford of the
Fifth Regiment, M.V.M., in 1859; was
promoted Corporal and Sergeant; enlisted
with his company under the first call for
troops, April 15, 1861, as Company E of
the Fifth Regiment, for its first three
months' service; participated in the first
l)attle of Bull Run, July 11; was mustered
out July 31, 1861. Again enlistetl as Ser-
geant in Lawrence 1 ight Guard Company
C, Thirty-Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers,
August 15, 1861, for three years, and
served till close of the war; was promoted
First Sergeant, Sergeant-Major, Second
and First Lietitenant, but on account of
Ijeing confined a prisoner of war was never
mustered as a commissioned officer; was
captured bv the confederates at the battle
of the We'ldon R. R., Va., August 19,
1S64, and was held a prisoner in Libljy
prison. Bell Isle and Salisbury, N. C, till
February 24, 1865. Returning home after
his release, broken in health, and for
many months totally blind. After more
than four years of suffering being unable
to engage in any occupation, his health
had so far improved that in 1870 he was
appointed Postmaster of INIeilford by Presi-
dent U. S. Grant, and held that position
till 1886. He now resides with his family
at Marshfield Hills, Mass.

Minute Mkn of '61

175

James H. Griggs, Past President

Minute Men of '61

5th Mass. 33d Mass. and Capt. 37th Regrt. U. S. V.

James H. Griggs, was born in Dedliam,
Mass., in 1838. lu the early spring of
1856, he went west, living in various parts
of Illinois until the latter part of 1857,
when he drifted to the Mississippi river,
and, for something more than two years
was engaged in plain boating on that river,
and its tributaries. Returning to Massa-
chusetts in 1860, he settled in Reading,
and on April 16, 1861, enlisted as private
in Company B, Fifth Massachusetts Volun-
teer Militia, participating with that com-
mand in the first battle of Bull Run, July
21, 1861, being severely wovnded and taken
prisoner, and confined in Libby, Tusca-
loosa and Salisbury until June 4, 1862.
When released, he enlisted in Company!),
Thirty-Third Massschusetts \'()lunteers as
Sergeant and was discharged in March
1863, for disal)ility from wounds. In De-
cember 1863, re-entered the service in the
Thirty-Seventh United States Colored
Troops, serving with that command
through the campaign of 1864, in front of
Petersburg, in the Army of the James.
Went with the expedition to P'ort I'isher,
M. C, on both attacks, and at the con-
clusion of the war, was with Sherman at
Raleigh, N. C. Is now a resident of Som-
erville, Mass.

Oscar Persons, Hudson, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. I, 5th Massachusetts ReKiment

Born in 1839, and lived at Woburn,
Mass., when he responded with alacrity to
the summons of the government to meet
and repel the traitors. In April, 1861, the
Company- left their Armory, under an
escort of nearly a thousand citizens, with a
band of music, and marched to Boston,
and were quartered with their Regiment
in Faneuil Hall. Before leaving IMassa-
chusetts a Testament and a five dollar gold
piece was presentrd every man of the
Company.

Mustered out, expiration of term of ser-
vice, July 30, 1861. After close of war, he
was interested in newspaper work and the
last twenty years of his life was connected
with "Hudson Enterprise," Hudson,
INIass. Died, June 26, 1901.

176

Minute Men of '61

Capt. George Eincoln Prekcott

Minute Men of '61

5th Mass. Brevet Brig. Gen. U. S Vols.

Colonel Prescott was born in L/ittleton,
Mass., May 21, 1829. Moved to Concord
in 1833. When the war broke out he
enlisted for three months and left Concord
April 19, 1861, as First Lieutenant, com-
manding Company A, Fifth Regiment,
M.V.M. (Concord Artillery). Engaged
in one battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861.

On expiration of service he returned
home and raised a new company which
was attached to the First Battalion Infan-
try, Massachusetts Volunteers, and later
became the nucleus of the Third Regi-
ment. He commanded the convalescent
camp at Alexandria, Va., during the fall
of 1862.

After the battle of F'redericksburg he
was commissioned Colonel. Then came
Gettysburg and the long hard Wilderness
Campaign. On June 16, 1864, they car-
ried the James River and marched to
within three miles of Petersljurg, \'a.

On June 18, 1864, Colonel Prescott fell
mortalh' wounded, as the Third Regiment
charged the rebel earthworks, driving the
enemy back across an open field over the
Norfolk railroad. Died June 19, 1864, at
Petersburg, Va.

William N. Tyler, Wakefield, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. B, 5th, Co. E, 50th Mass. Ser. Mj.Sth Rgt.M.V.M.

William N. Tajdor was born at Andover,
Mass., December 7, 1834. Parents moved
to South Reading, now Wakefield, in 1840.
Educated in the public schools of vSouth
Reading. First enlisted in April, 1861, in
Company B, Fifth Regiment, Massachu-
setts Volunteer Minute Men; first engage-
ment, first battle of Pull Run. Mustered
out July 31, 1861. Second enlistment,
Corporal Company E, Fiftieth Regiment,
Massachusetts Volunteers. Mustered in
September 19, 1862; second engagement,
siege of Port Hudson. Mustered out
August 24, 1863. Third enlistment, Ser-
geant of Company E, Eighth Regiment,
M.V.M., July 17, 1864; promoted to Ser-
geant-Ma jor Augiist 1, 1864, stationed at
Baltimore, Md. Mustered out Novembei"
10. 1864.

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Warren A. Bird

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Co. I, 5th Mass Vol. Regt.

"Warren A. Bird, Company I, Fifth Massachusetts
Regiment, son of Charles and Caroline Frost Bird,
was born in Cambridge. Mass.. Oct. 14. 1S37, and
died Sept. 9, 1907, at Natick. Mass. He was edu-
cated in the public schools of Somerville and
Natick. At the age of nine he went to Natick to
live, where he continued to reside until his death.
He was married twice. In 1S62 to Elmira A.
Sleeper, and in 1S90 to Mary E. Kingsbury, his
widow and one daughter by his first wife surviv-
ing him (Mrs. Homer H. Fiske.)

He enlisted from Somerville. as many compan-
ions of his early life lived there, and he desired to
be with them. After his return from service, he
took up his residence in Natick. where he engaged
in shoe manufacturing for a time, until 1S69 when

his father, vvlio was in the Wood and Coal business
died, and succeeding him in the lousiness which he
conducted successfully to the time of his death.

He had ser\ed three years as a member of the
I,e.gislatiire. Also three years on the Board of
Selectmen, with great credit and honor, as he
always was deeply interested in everything that
made for the betterment of the Town. He was a
member of General Wad,sworth , Tost 63, G-A-R.
He was a member of Meridian Lodge, A. P. &
A. M., Parker Royal Arch Chapter, Natick Com-
mandcry. In his death the town of Natick lost
one of its most esteemed citizens, whose memory
will continue to exert a good influence for many
years.

178

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JcsEPH MOULTON, Winchester, Ma =.

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5th Mass. Sergt. Co. H, 5th Mass. 9 mos.

Charles H. Abbott (deceased)

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Co. K, 5th Mass. Regt. Re-enlisted Co. B, 5th U. S. A.

John P< li.ock. Salem, Mass.

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5th Mass. Regt. Col. 40th Mass. Inft.

William F. Alden. Cambridge, Mass.

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:o. f:, 5th Mass. Co. C, 39th Mass. Regt.

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179

Oliver S. Adams, Lynn, Mass.

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Co. B, 5th Mass. Bugler Co. B, Ist'R. I. Cav.

Oeorge H. Wiley. Boston, Ma.ss.

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Lt. Co. H. 5th Ma.ss. Lt. Co. A. 39th Mass. Vols.

Charles Kilburn. Lunenburg:, Ma.ss. (deceased) Royal S. Carr, Winchester. Mass.

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5th Mass. Sergt. 23d Mass. Regt. Co. E- 5th Mass. Co. C, -^9tli Mass. & ISth T. S. Vols.

180

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r,i;oR<;E K. BuxTOX, Everett, Mass.

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Co. A, .=^th Ma.ss. (J- M. Sergt. 2d Mass. H. A.

Jo.SKPH YouNC, Somerville, Mass.

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Co. I. 5th Regt. Mass. Vols.

Stephen II. Davis. West Somerville, Mass.

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Co. D. 5th :\Iass., also l.'th Maine Vols.

John E. Tidd, Woburn, Mass. (deceased)

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5th Mass. Reg-t. Capt. 32d Regt. Mass. Vols.

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181

John A. Sumxer, Peabody, Mass.

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Corp. Co. H, 5th Mass. Regt.

C( R". Ch.\kles H. B.\ilky

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Cc C, 5th Mass. Vol. Corp. on the Colors

\ViLLi.\M E. Robinson, (deceased)

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1st Et. Co. I, 5th Mass. Regt.

Frkkman a. I.nRiNC. Mcdfofd, :\Iass. (decca.sed'

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Fifth Massachusetts Regiment

182

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Wll.LiAJi P. G-A-^ , 1\I( r; . 11 Cit\ , I,;i.

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5th Mas'. Regt., 24Ui A. as-. V>1,'-. l.st T. S. C. Cav.

KnWARD W. REYNOLDS, Coiicoid. Mass.

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Co. .Sth Ma AS. 59th Regt. Ma.ss. Vol.s.

Samukl W. TtCK, Manchester. Mass.
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Co. K, 5th Mass. & Lt. 22d Mass. (decea.sed)

Elk.^n.^h Crosby. Sonierville, Mass.

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Co. I. 5th Mass. Co. E, 29th Regt. Mass. Vols.

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183-

Enoch J. Clark, Charlestown, Mass. (deceased)

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Corp. Co. K, 5th Ma,s,s. Re.ct.

SSEPHEN H. Reynolds. Hyde Park, .Mass.

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Co. G, 5th Jlass. Reg-t. 1st Mass. I,iahl Battery

Henry H. D. Cushing, Medford. Mass.

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5th Mass. Sergt. Co. C, 39th Regt. Mass. Vols.

Mendell S. Webber, Salem. Mas

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Co. A, 5th Mass. Regt.

181

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William F. Summer, Peabody, Mass

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I^t. Co. H, 5th Mass. Regt.

Jeremiah Dalton. Braintree. Mass.

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Co. (*T. 5th Massachusetts Regiment

William H. Gardner, Salem, Mass.

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Co. A, Fifth Massachusetts Regiment

George F. Whitcomb Ikilled Oct. 19, 1864)

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Co. 5th Regt. M.V.M. Capt. 30th Regt. Mass. Vol.

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185

Edwin F. Wyer, Woburn, Mass.

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Co. I. 5th Massachusetts Regiment

CHARLli.s L). W. I.AiNt Maileli. Mn
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Co. K. .Sth Mass. Reirt.

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Gi;i)KGK D. Booker, ISIedford, ?ilass.

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Co. E. ?th Mass. Sergt. Co. C. 39th Regt. M.V.:\I.

Joseph E. \\'n,KV, .Stoiuliani, Mass.

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Co. B. Hh Mass. Seriirt. Co. I.. I.st II. A.

186

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Melvillk D. Jonks. Somerville, Mass.

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Co. C. 5th Ma.ssachu.setts Regiment

Louis J. Shi:i'.\kd

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Fifth Massachu.setts Regiment

JAMKS R. -Hopkins. SomeiMlle, Ma,ss.

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Co. I, 5th Mass. Regt.

THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES ACCOMPANINYG THE
INDIVIDUAL PICTURES. WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, HAVE
BEEN FURNISHED BY THE PERSONS THEMSELVES.

Sixth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of Y)l

By John H. Norton, Company I.

In the history of the greatest, as well
as most groundless rebellion, that ever
convulsed the earth, the part performed
by the Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts
Volunteers will always occupy an hon-
orable place; for it was fortunate
enough to furnish the first hero-martyrs
to lay down their lives for their coun-
try, and to stand at the head of the long,
bright roll inscribed with the names of
the brave men who have sealed their
patriotism with their blood, during the
tremendous civil strife of 1861-5. This
honor should not, however, be ascribed
to its mere good fortune, for it was an
exalted, patriotic zeal and fervor that
impelled it to be first, rather than any
stroke of luck, that placed the name of
the regiment on so bright a page of its
country's history.

Many of its members had long cher-
ished the military spirit, and that, too,
at a time when that spirit was nearly
dead in Massachusetts, and some of the
company organizations were among the
earliest formed in the State, and had
for years been the propagating nurser-
ies of that patriotism which rallied to
the defence of constitutional liberty and
law, when they were assailed by traitors.
It was the drill in quiet times, the holi-
day show which evoked the derision of
the philanthropist, and the opposition
of the advocate of peace; the parade and
muster, on which too many looked as
the mere entertainment of a day, of no
practical utility; it was this that pre-
pared, and had in readiness, the men
and the arms, and the needed skill,
w^hen the occasion called for their use
in the stern work of actual service.

At such a time — when the military

spirit had nearly died out in the State;
when the militia of Massachusetts was
about obsolete, and the soldier in uni-
form was looked upon by thousands as
a mere popinjay, half fuss and half
feathers, — one far-seeing man, in whose
prophetic mind the events of the near
and fast-approaching future had begun
to shape themselves, commenced to re-
vive the State military; and by his in-
fluence as chief executive, and also
through the Legislature and the people,
he resurrected the militia system, and
gave it new vitality and force. And it
is largely to the influence of Governor
N. P. Banks that we owe the re-organiza-
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tion and efficiency of that system that
was in comparative readiness, when the
great occasion called for it, to stand be-
tween the government and treason, — the
country and its enemies.

As will be seen in the course of the
following pages, the regiment whose his-
tory is here chronicled occupies its dis-
tinguished position because it had given
heed to the injunction of the Father of
his Country and in time of peace, had
prepared for war. It was owing to the
cultivation of the military spirit
through the previous years, that it was
ready when the great emergency came.

THE FIRST BLOW STRUCK.
The latent treason that had been rip-
ening its poison for forty years in the
southern portion of the Rei)ublic, on the
election of Abraham Lincoln to the
Presidency of the United States pro-
ceeded to avert rebellion. It was con-
fined to resolutions and words, until
Ai)ril 12, 1S61, when it assaulted the

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flag of the country. The telegraph
flashed the tidings as soon as the act
was perpetrated; so that on the same
day that the guns of South Carolina
were turned on the gallant garrison in
Fort Sumter, they found echoes in
twenty million loyal hearts. The anx-
iety and excitement that everywhere
prevailed were terrible. A handful of
soldiers had been forced to surrender to
thousands of traitors, and the entire
people were resolved to punish the per-
petrators to the bitter end. Civil war was
inaugurated, and the President called
for a special session of Congress, and
for seventy-five thousand men to "rally
round the flag," and rush to the defence
of their country and government. The
response was magnificent. The plough,
the loom, the ledger, the bar, the pulpit,
all the vocations of ordinary life, were
abandoned, and men of all conditions
and circumstances flew to arms, and
gave their cheerful response to the call
of the nation's Chief Magistrate.

First to offer its services; first to
reach its State's capital; first to reach
the nation's capital; first to inflict suf-
fering on traitors; first to "attest its sin-
cerity with its blood, — was the Sixth
Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteer
Militia.

PRELIMINARY STEPS.
When it seemed probable to far-seeing
men that there would be trouble with
the refractory spirits in the South, and
while the most of people did not fore-
see the coming storm, a meeting was
called at the suggestion of Major-Gen-
eral B. F. Butler, of the officers of the
regiment, to arrange for future contin-
gencies. It was held in the American
House, Lowell, Jan. 21, 1861. At that
meeting, Major B. F. Watson presented
a resolution, pledging the services of the
regiment to the Government, and the
proposition received the unanimous sup-
port of the officers. It was carried to
Boston by General Butler, who was then
in the Massachusetts Senate, and was by

him read in the Legislature. The reso-
lution reads as follows:

Resolved, That Colonel Jones be au-
thorized and requested, forthwith, to
tender the services of the Sixth Regi-
ment to the Commander-in-Chief and
Legislature, when such service may be-
come desirable, for the purpose contem-
plated in General Order No. 4.

This was probably the first act of the
volunteer militia of the country to meet
the approaching strife.

The readiness of the regiment to meet
the danger thrust upon the nation is
largely, perhaps entirely, due to General
Butler's sagacity.

When the time comes to write the his-
tory of the war his name will fill a
space second to that occupied by but
few others. In devotedness to his coun-
try, in fertility of resources to over-
come new and trying emergencies, in
complete success where most would have
failed. General Butler had no superior,
if he had an equal.

RESPONSE TO THE CALL.
When at length the call came, tele-
grams and couriers flew to all parts of
the command, notifying the members
of the regiment; some of the officers —
Colonel Jones among them — riding all
night on their patriotic errands. The
"Middlesex villages and farms" then
heard the pounding of hoofs and the
alarm cry of danger, as in the olden
time they had listened to the midnight
ride of Paul Revere. The official call
came April 15th, as follows:

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,

Adjutant General's OflSce, Boston,
April 15, 1861.
Colonel Jones,

Sir: — I am directed by His Excellency,
the Commander-in-Chief, to order you to
muster your regiment on Boston Com-
mon, forthwith, in com])liance with a
requisition made by the President of the
United States. The troops are to go to
Washington.

By order of His Excellency, the Com-
mander-in-Chief.

WM. SCHOULER,

Adjutant-General, j

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The members of the regiment, when
its numbers were fully made up, were
scattered over four counties, Middlesex,
Essex, Suffolk and Worcester, and in
more than thirty towns, and yet, with
but a few hours' notice, the bulk of them
mustered early on the morning of the
16th and the rest within a few hours
after, making in all about seven hun-
dred men and officers, ready at this first
call to don the armor of actual war.

PARTING CEREMONIES.

The Groton, Acton and Law^-ence
companies received most enthusiastic
farewells, the several communities be-
ing roused to the intensest pitch of ex-
citenxent and, bidding good-by to their
friends, the men hastened to the ren-
dezvous in Lowell, where, with the four
Lowell companies, they made up the
original Sixth.

Lawrence manifested its patriotism in
manifold ways. On the departure of the
two Lawrence companies, the city gov-
ernment made an appi'opriation of five
thousand dollars toward the assistance
of the members, and the comfort of
their families; spontaneous mass meet-
ings were held, attended by the people,
and addressed by the clergy and the
principal citizens; and resolutions were
passed, approving the action of the city
government and pledging the entire re-
sources of the city in aid of the war.
The first meeting held after the fall of
Sumter was organized by the choice of
Hon. Artemus Harmon, president; Dr.
S. Sargent. Hon. Albert Warren, Hon.
Daniel Saunders, Jr., Major B. F. Wat-
son, Levi P. Wright, John C. Hoadley,
N. W. Harmon, George S. Merrill,
George W. Hills and Lamson Rice, vice
presidents; and E. T. Colby and John K.
Tarbox, secretaries. The spirit that an-
imated the people was one that will ever
honor the city in the minds of all who
hereafter shall read that page in her
history.

As the companies left for Lowell the
enthusiasm of the people knew no

bounds. The day was cold and dismal;
rain and sleet were falling, but the mul-
titude of the population attended the
companies to the cars; and at the sta-
tion the largest crowd ever seen in the
city bade them God-speed with tears and
prayeis.

When the regiment had assembled in
Huntington Hall, Rev. Amos Hlanchard,
D.D., read the Eightieth Psalm, after
which addresses of a patriotic charac-
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ter were made by the Major, Hon. B. C.
Sargent, A. R. Brown, T. H. Sweetzer,
Captain Peter Haggerty, Hon. Linus
Child, Colonel G. F. Sawtell and Hon.
Tappan Wentworth. All party divis-
ions and distinctions were abandoned,
and those who, during subsequent
stages of the struggle, endeavored to
embarrass the government, w-ere
prompt to urge the citizen soldiery to
lally to the capital.

Future generations will find it difficult
to imagine the excitement that pervad-
ed all classes and conditions of this por-
tion of the people of the old Bay State.
The fires that burned at Concord and
Lexington in the days of '76 had only
been smouldering, and they flashed with
all their old-time l)rightness at the first
demonstration of aimed rebellion. After
the eight companies had been addressed
by Hon. B. C. Sargent, Mayor of Lowell,
and as they were departing, the entire
population of that busy city thronged
after them. Never did that city know
a sensation more profound.

Men in all positions encouraged those
who went. Money was contributed by
the wealthy; professional men proffered
their services gratuitously, and the sol-
diers and their families became objects
of the tender regard of all. Mayor Sar-
gent, on his own authority, assured the
soldiers ere they departed that they and
their families should be cared for by
the city; and the city government
promptly responded by unanimously
voting eight thousand dollars to be used
for that purpose by a joint committee.

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Sacilfices were made by men and offi-
cers, such as might, before the fact,
have been deemed impossible. Not only
like their revolutionary ancestry, did
they leave the plough in the furrow, but
business and professional men, without
a moment's hesitation, abandoned every
prospect and engagement. Many in-
stances might be given. Major Watson
bad but two hours' notice, but he locked
the door of his law office, leaving a
large docket to look out for itself, and
most impoitant business inteiests, and
for four months saw and knew nothing
of them. Nor was he alone. , Lucrative
positions, profitable professional pur-
suits of the most important character,
wei e counted as nothing and were aban-
doned as cheei fully and with as noble
a spirit as men ever carried into their
country's defence. In the unifoims of
privates stood many qualified to grace
any nation in life, the peeis of any in
high official position, who had foisaken
places of great emolument for a soldier's
poor remuneration.

In Boston excited thousands escorted
them to Faneuil and Boy:ston halls ami
on the next day to the State House,
where they exchanged their old mus-
kets for the modem rifle, and where
they were addressed by Governor An-
drew in language glowing with patriotic
fervor and full of faith in theii- efforts
to sustain the government. He then
presented the regimental colors to Col-
onel Jones.

On presenting the fiag Governor An-
drew said:

Soldiers, summoned suddenly, with
but a moment for pieparation, we have
done all that lay in the power of men
to do — all that rested in the power of
your state government to do — to prepare
the citizen soldiers cf Massachusetts for
this ser'vice. We shall follow you with
our benedictions, our benefactions, and
prayers. Those whom you leave behind
you we shall cherish in our heart of
hearts. You carry with you our utmost
faith and confidence. We know that you
never will return until you can bring the
assurances that the utmost duty has
been performed, which brave and patri-

otic men can accomplish. This flag, sir,
take and bear with you. It will be aa
emblem on which all eyes will rest, re-
minding you always of that which you
are bound to hold most dear.

In reply. Col. .Jones said:

Your Excellency, you have given to
me this flag, which is the emblem of
■ all that stands before you. It repre-
sents my whole command; and so help
me God, I will never disgrace il !

Before leaving the city the youthful
daughter of the colonel, Lizzie Clawson
.Jones, was adopted as Daughter of the
Regiment.

During the day the companies from
Worcester, Stoneham and Boston joined
the Regiment, belonging to other Regi-
ments in the organization of the state
militia, they were detached from their
own organizations for this purpose and,
at seven in the evening, they took up
their line of march for the Worcester
depot, where the cars were taken for
Washington. Along the route the firing
of cannon, linging of bells, shouts of
people and all possible demonstrations
of applause were heard; at Worcester
the military, fire department and thou-
sands of people lined the track as the
train passed along. In New York the
streets were literally packed with sol-
diers and people to honor them. At
noon, the 18th, tJiey left the city via
Jersey City, at which place and all
through New Jersey similar crowds at-
tended them, making their entire jour-
ney one grand ovation, such as no reg-
iment ever before received. At Phil-
adelphia, beyond all other places, their
reception was enthusiastic. So dense
were the crowds that the Regiment
could only move through the streets by
the flank. The officeis were sumptu-
ously entertained at the Continental Ho-
tel, and the soldiers were quartered at
the Girard House, then new, and entire-
ly empty and unfurnished. Worn out
with the fatigue and excitement of two
days, they were glad to spread their
blankets foi- the soldiei's great bless-
ing — sleep.

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193

FIRST NOTE OP ALARM.
The Regiment had scarcely retired to
rest in Philadelphia, when the long roll
sounded, and they were obliged to tui'n
out, leaving Philadelphia at one o'clock
a.m., A])ril 19, to write the first bloody
line in the history of the sanguinary
war, tlie opening scenes of which were
distinguished by some of those singular
coincidences that have been numerous
in its progress. If it had been in the
power of the government, for dramatic
and patriotic effect, to arrange the pro-
gi-am in the best possible manner, could
any otiier day have been so propitious
for treason to strike down its first
victims, as the anniversary of the day.
on which was "fired the shot heard
round the world," at Lexington, April
19, 1775? And is it not remarkable, that
some of the descendants of the very
men who then shed their lilood in the
beginning of the first great War for
Independence, should have been the first
to fall in the last, and that, too, on the
same immortal day? The nineteenth of
April hereafter will unite Lexington and
Baltimore on the page of American his-
tory; for each began a long and bloody
war, and Middlesex County was repre-
sented in both conflicts.

REGIMENTAL DRESS.
The regimental dress at this time was
far from uniform. Each company was
literally an independent one in apparel.
Company A had changed its name to the
National Greys, and its uniforms were
being made, but they were unfinished,
and the men left for Washington with
blue frocks and black pantaloons, tall
round caps, and w'hite pompoms. Com-
pany B wore the United States regula-
tion uniform; that is, dark blue frocks,
•and light blue trousers. Company C
wore gray dress coats, cai)s, and panta-
loons, and yellow trimmings. Company
D, the same as C, with buff trimmings.
Companies E and F were dressed like B,
and Company G wore blue dress coats;
Company H, gray throughout; Company
I, caps, and dark blue frocks and red

pants, in the French style. Company K
wore gray, and Company L was dressed
in l)iue.

At the instance of General Butier,
Governor Andrew provided all with ex-
cellent gray overcoats, so that quite an
appearance of uniformity was preserved.

Before coming home, however, they
were furnished with a sort of Zouave
suit, consisting of gray voitigeur jack-
ets, single-breasted, with full trousers,
and fez caps with dark tassels for fa-
tigue, and gray hats turned up at the
side, with red trimmings, for dress.
Some of the boys thought there was a
march of two or three hours inside
their trousers" legs. The officers wore
the Massachusetts State uniform, dark
blue frocks, light blue trousers, with
broad white stripes on the side.

The adoption of gray by the rebels,
gradually induced our soldiers to wear
the old national color, blue, until it was
compelled to do so by army regulations.

DANGER AHEAD;
While tiie soldiers were seeking re-
pose. Colonel .Jones had a conference
with Brigadier-General P. S. Davis of
the First Brigade, Massachusetts Mili-
tia (afterwards colonel of the Thirty-
ninth Massachusetts, killed at Peters-
burg, July 11, 1864), who had been sent
forward by Governor Andrew to arrange
subsistence and transportation, and who
had heard the most exciting rumors
and threats from Baltimore. General
Davis related them to Colonel .Jones,
and also the opinions of prominent Phil-
adelphians, as well as his own. that
there would be a stormy time of it
when the Regiment should re:'.ch the
:Monumental City, and he declined to
take the responsibility of ordering the
Regiment either to go on, or to wait
further 'information. Colonel .Tones'
reply was. "My orders are to reach
Washington at the earliest possible mo-
ment, and I shall go on." General Da-
vis, extending his hand, replied. "Colo-
nel, if you go on. I shall go with you."
The only fear Colonel .Jones exi)ressed,

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in continuing tlie conference was, tliat
the train miglit be destroyed by an ob-
struction on the traclt, or by the destruc-
tion of a bridge, causing a wliolesale
slaughter, for which the friends of the
Regiment would hold liim responsible;
but he added, "My orders are peremp-
tory and, whatever may be the conse-
quences, I must proceed."

These officers then went to the depot
of the Philadelphia & Baltimore Rail-
road, and had an interview with Hon. S.
M. Felton. President of the road, and ar-
ranged that he should despatch a pilot
engine in advance of the train, and take
every precaution to avoid a casualty.
Then the Regiment was aroused, and all
possible care taken in embarking the
men, so that, if called uiion to debark
suddenly, they would be in regimental
line. The car containing the field and
staff was at the head of the train. At
Havre-de-Grace, the cars were not run
off the ferry-boat in the order in which
they went on. and the train for the rest
of the way, of course, did not convey
the Regiment in its proper order. This
derangement, as will be seen subse-
quently, changed the fate of men, con-
ferring the laurel crown of martyrdom
on those who otherwise would have lost
that distinguished honor. "Man pro-
poses; God disposes."

Company K, Captain Sampson, was to
have had the left, and thus with Major
Watson, would have had the post of
honor, but for the derangement at
Havre-de-Grace, which misplaced the
companies, so that on their arrival in
Baltimore, Company D occupied the po-
sition of Company K and Company I,
which belonged on the right, was trans-
ferred to the left. Thus the projected
program was broken up, so that, on a
sudden call, confusion would be^sure to
ensue. This derangement does not seem
to have been observed; for, on debark-
ing, Major Watson took his position
with Company K, supposing he was with
the extreme left of the battalion.

ARRIVAL IN BALTIMORE.

At every station communication was
had with the railroad officials in Balti-
more, and constant assurance was re-
ceived that there would be no trouble
unless the Regiment provoked it. Or-
ders were, therefore, given to the band
to confine their music to tunes that
would not be likely to give offence, es-
pecially avoiding" the popular air,
"Dixie." Quartermaster Munroe dis-
tributed twenty rounds of ball car-
tridges, and Colonel Jones went through
the cars, issuing an order that the Regi-
ment should march across Baltimore in
column of sections. The Regiment here
loaded and capped their rifles. As soon
as the cars reached the station the en-
gine was unshackled, horses were
hitched to the cars, and they were
dravv'n rapidly away. Colonel Jones was
unacquainted with this practice of draw-
ing the cars across the city by horses,
and supposed that they had not yet
reached the Baltimore station, but that
when it was reached his mfirch would
commence. He had not the remotest
idea that the cars were thus to be
drawn across the city, or he would have
compelled them to stop, and have car-
ried out his program. The railroad
authorities had not consulted him, but
made unusual haste in order to get
across at that early hour, before the
mob would be ready to do violence, for
the Regiment was not expected until
about noon. At that time there was no
crowd in the streets, and the whole ap-
pearance of the city was unusually
quiet. The etirly arrival of the Regi-
quiet, at about ten o'clock a. m., evi-
dently took the people by surprise. Of
course under these circumstances the
program could not be changed and the
cars rapidly followed each other, all but
one arriving without particular incident.

THE ATTACK.

Some slight demonstrations were
made en one or two of the cars contain-

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ing- thp Fifth and Sixth Companies, but
nothing like an attacl? was made until
the seventh car started.

Major Watson, as lie had been ordered,
just before I'eaching Baltimore, repaired
to the left. Company K. Captain Samp-
son, to see the I'ear of the battalion
across the city. He took his position,
and as he was about ordering those in
the car, some fifty guns to debark,
standing on the ground himself for that
puri)ose, the cars in advance were set
in motion, and whisl^^ed away as if by
magic across the city, and m a moment
his own car started, which he thought
was the last one, containing as it did
the left of the Regiment. He, of course,
could only spring aboard and follow the
rest of the Regiment. It was no sooner
started, than it was attacked l)y clubs,
paving-stones and other missiles. The
men were verv anxious to fire on their
assailants, but Major Watson forbade
them, until they should be attacked by
fire-arms One or two soldiers were
Avounded by paving-stones and bricl\s,
and at length one man's thumb was
shot, when holding tlie wounded hand
up to the major, he asked leave to fire in
return. Orders were then given to lie
on the bottom of the car and load, and
rising, to fire from the windows at will.
These orders were promptly obeyed.

In the passage across the city, the car
was three times thrown from the track.
Major Watson each time getting out,
and compelling the driver to assist in
removing obstructions, and getting in
motion again.

Referring to the roster of Company K,
the reader will see the names of the
first men who were wounded in this car,
four in number. Moving with as much
rapidity as possible, and receiving an
occasional musket or pistol shot, or a
shower of rocks and bricks, the car
reached the ma'n body of the Regiment,
when all were surprised to learn that
the change of cars at the ferry had left
a portion of the Regiment still behind.
Here they halted until the four com-

panies arrived from their ijerilous
march across the city.

By the time the rear car had arrived,
an immense and increasing crowd had
gatheied. The i)olice were ijresent in
force, and requested Colonel .Jones to or-
der the blinds of the cars drawn, and
the Regiment to avoid any movement to
excite the mol). The cars ceased arriv-
ing, and Wm. P. Smith, superintendent
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, in-
formed the commander that the track
w-as so ol)structed across the city that
the four comi)faiies still l)ehind could
not be drawn across; but he said, "If
you will send an order for them to
march across. 1 will deliver it." He
passed Colonel .tones a railroad l)lank,
on the l)ack of which he wrote in pen-
cil, "To the officer in command of de-
tachment of Sixth Massachusetts Regi-
ment: — Ycu will march to this i)lace as
quick'y as possible; follow the r-iilroad
track." This order was never delivered.
In a few minutes, Hon. Thomas Garrett,
President of the Eahimore & Ohio Rail-
road, came to Colonel Jones, saying,
"Yotir soldiers are firing upon the i)eo-
ple in the streets." "Then," said the
commander, "they have been fired ui)on
first." "No, they have not." was the re-
sponse. Colonel .Jones returned, "My
men are disciplined; my orders were
strict, and I believe they have been
implicitly obeyed." Events proved liim
correct.

THE xMARCH THROUGH BALTIMORE.

Meanwhile, the remaining four com-
panies found that the rails were so torn
up and the streets so barricaded that the
cars could not go on. and they debarked,
and formed to march on foot ; the mob,
which had been accumulating until it
must have reached many thousands, fill-
ing the streets as far as the eye could
see.

Captain Foliansbee. at the desire of
the other officers, and agreeably to his
own wishes, took the command. There
were but about two hundred and twenty

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in the column, and the mob soon reached
ten thousand at least. The air was filled
\Aith yells, oaths, taunts, all sorts of
missiles, and soon pistol and musket
shots, and Captain Follansbee gave the
order to fire at will. But few of the
crowd were on the front of the column,
but they pressed on the flank and rear
more and more furiously. At one of the
bridges in Pratt street, a formidable
barricade with cannon to sweep the
streets, not quite ready for service, had
been arranged. Here the mob supposed
that the column would be obliged to'
halt, but Captain Follansbee ordered his
command to scale the barricade. Before
the ruffians could follow over the bridge,
or run around to Intercept them, the sol-
diers had succeeded in getting quite a
distance up Pratt street. Had they been
compelled to halt at the bridge, it is
probable that the small detachment
would have been annihilated, for arms
were multiplying among their assail-
ants, and they were becoming more fu-
rious every moment. Cheers for Jeff
Davis and for South Carolina, and the
South, — all sorts of insulting language,
such as "Dig your graves!" "You can
pray, but you can't fight!" and the like,
were heard; but the little battalion went
steadily ahead with no thought of turn-
ing back.

As the gallant detachment passed
along Pratt street, pistols and guns were
fired at them from the windows and
doors of stores and houses, and our boys,
getting a little accustomed to the
strange circumstances in which they
were placed, loaded their guns as they
marched, dragging them between their
feet and, whenever they saw a hostile
demonstration, they took as good aim as
they could and fired. There was no pla-
toon firing whatever. At one place, at
an uii])er window, a man was in the act
of firing, when a rifle ball suggested to
him the propriety of desisting, and he
came headlong to the sidewalk. And
thus the men, whose rare good fortune
it was to contribute the first installment
of blood to pay the price of our redemp-

tion hurried along their way. They
were hampered by their orders to fire
as little as possible; they were anxious
to get to the capital, even then sup-
posed to be in danger; they were sep-
arated from the larger part of the regi-
ment, and knew not where their com-
rades were, and thus assaulted on each
side, and by all sorts of weapons and
missiles, they kept on their way, load-
ing and firing at will, marching the en-
tire distance, a mile and a half, bearing
several of their wounded with them, and
reaching the station, joined the rest of
the Regiment.

When the four companies readied the
rest of the command at the Washington
depot, an immense crowd surrounded
them, and rushing towards the car win-
dows, they brandished revolvers, knives,
clubs and other weapons, in angry fury,
and with fearful shouts and yells and
curses, the police not having — and many
of them not caring to have — any power
to stay the tumult.

The column proceeded in the follow-
ing order: Company C at the head, I
next, then L, and D last. The colors
were with the platoon under command
of Lieutenant Lynde, of Company L.
After having marched about two
squares, the order to double-quick was
given, and the rear of the column, some-
what separated from the head, was more
and more fiei'cely assailed, and Compan-
ies L and D were mingled together.
Captain Dyke was wounded and left
behind, and being too far in the rear
to see his superior officer, Lieutenant
Lynde, in the exercise of his discretion,
gave the order to fire on the mob.

His orders were to escort the band
across the city; but being unarmed,
they refused to leave the station, and
he left without them, keeping near the
gallant bearer of the flag till the cars
were reached, when tearing it from the
staff, which could not conveniently be
got into the cars, it was carried in safe-
ty to Washington, and now hangs in the
State House in Botson.

In a private communication to me Col-

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onel Jones says: "Captain Follansbeo
proved himself worthy of the confidence
which I had always placed in him, and
never after while under my command
did he do ought to sacrifice one particle
of the esteem and respect I entertained
for him." It was rare good fortune that
gave Captain FoUansbee this opportu-
nity, to which he was fully equal. There
were other officers in the regiment who
would have given the best ten years of
their lives to have had the same priv-
ilege. "

FOR WASHINGTON.

Arrived at the station, the officers
and men were severely tried. They
burned to avenge the wounds and death
of their comrades, and were exasperat-
ed to the utmost; but the orders to has-
ten to Washington were strict and im-
perative, and the city authorities were
urging the departure of the regiment;
the mob meanwhile becoming more and
more furious. The president of the road
said, "For God's sake. Colonel, do give
orders to start the train, or you will
never get out of the city for they are
already tearing up the track." Knowing
the temper of his officers, Colonel Jones
dared not consult them, fearing that
their voice would be, under such circum-
stances, to stay and fight it out on that
line, notwithstanding orders. Reluc-
tantly tJie command was given to start,
the railroad authorities doing all in
their power to assist, by putting tools
and workmen on board with them, who
would remove obstructions and repair
the road as the train went slowly on.
In refutation of aspersions freely in-
dulged in at the time concerning the
managers of this road, especially of Hon.
Thomas W. Garrett, President, and Wil-
liam P. Smith, Master of Transportation,
it is the testimony of Colonel Jones him-
self that he ever found them loyal gen-
tlemen, anxious always to do all they
could to serve the interests of the gov-
ernment during four months of inter-
course between them and the Regiment.

Seeing the train about to start the

mob ran on ahead and placed telegraph
poles, anchors, etc., on the track. The
train moved a short distance and
stopped. A rail had been removed; it
was replaced and the cars went on;
stopped again, the road was repaired,
and the train proceeded; stopped again,
and the conductor reported to the Col-
onel that it was impossible to advance,
that the Regiment must march to Wash-
ington. Colonel Jones replied: "We are
ticketed through and are going in these
cars. If you or the engineer cannot run
the train we have plenty of men who
can. If you need protection or assist-
ance you shall have it; but we go
through."

The crowd went on for some miles out
as far as Jackson Bridge, near Chinka-
pin Hill, and the police followed, re-
moving obstructions; and at several
places shots were exchanged. At length
they reached the Relay House, where
the double track ended and where they
waited two hours — and long hours they
were — for a train from Washington that
had the right of way; and at length
started again, reachmg Washington late
in the afternoon. Major Irwin McDowell
— since Major General McDowell of
Geneial Scott's staff — was in waiting at
the station to receive them.

TESTLAIOXY OF BALTLAIOREAXS.

The loyal men of Baltimore, many of
whom saw the whole transaction and
endeavored to assist the volunteers as
far as jjossible. and who were of great
service, speak in the highest terms of
the conduct of the four companies, of-
ficers and men. declaring that they bore
themselves with rare coolness and cour-
age and elicited the admiration of all
who saw them, who were not infuriated
with rage against them. Hundreds might
have been killed had the mob been pro-
miscuously fired at.

CHIMNEY-CORNER CRITICISMS.

Fireside critics, fighting chimney-cor-
ner campaigns, have said that the fatal
mistake was in allowing the Regiment to

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remain packed in cars and drawn by
horses, in single companies, across the
city when an attack was expected, and
that it was manifestly the duty of the
Regiment to march instead of riding, and
thus be ready at all points; but it should
be considered that then the whole thing
was new and was met very differently
from w,hat it would be now; and the
misapprehensions to which reference
has been made explain such criticisms
away. The events that have since trans-
pired were not expected, for the mad-
ness that has since prevailed and de-
stroyed its victims was scarcely consid-
ered possible then.

THE FEELING NORTH.
Only they who remember those times
will ever be able to imagine the sensa-
tion caused by the news of this trans-
action. Massachusetts especially was
stirred from Essex to Berkshire, and it
would have been easy to raise men
enough to lay Baltimore in ashes; and
had the existence of that city proved
a permanent impediment to the passage
of loyal troops to the capital, it would
have been destroyed. Throughout the
North the determination was all but uni-
versal to make a highway through Bal-
timore to Washington. "Through Bal-
timore" became a rallying cry, until it
was settled that the Monumental City — •
its loughs who had always disgraced it,
emptied into the rebel army — had be-
come loyal and true to the Union.

THE GOVERNOR'S CONDUCT.

Governor Andrew immediately trans-
mitted the following characteristic dis-
patch to the Mayor of Baltimore:
To His Honor, the Mayor.

I pray you to cause the bodies of our
Massachusetts soldiers dead in Balti-
moie, to be immediately laid out, pre-
served witli ice, and tenderly sent for-
ward by express to me. All expenses
will be paid by this Commonwealth.
JOHN A. ANDREW,
Governor of Massachusetts.

Mayor George William Brown of Bal-
timore responded to Governor Andrew
and in the course of his dispatch he al-

luded to the passage of our troops
tnrough Baltimore as an invasion of the
soil of Maryland; declaring, however,
that the dead and wounded should be
tenderly cared for and that Baltimore
would claim it as her right to pay all
expenses incurred.

Governor Andrew responded by say-
ing:

1 appreciate your kind attention to
our wounded and our dead and trust
that at the earliest moment the remains
of our fallen will return to us. I am
overwhelmed with surprise that a peace-
ful march of American citizens over the
highway of the defence of our common
capital should be deemed aggressive to
Baltimoreans. Through New York the
march was triumphant.

Alluding to the touching use of the
word "tenderly" in the Governor's dis-
patch, the New York Times eloquently
said:

Few men can read it without tears.
Yes, those bodies, battered and bruised
by the brutal mob, are sacred. "Ten-
derly" is not too gentle a word to be
used for the care of them. Yes, bear
their bodies tenderly; they are more
sacred than the relics of the saints.
Wherever they pass let the nation's flag
which tliey died to defend, wave over
them; let cannon thunder the martial
honor, and let women and children come
to drop a tear over the Massachusetts
dead, who died for country and liberty.
Never was exhortation better heeded,
or less needed. It were worth an early
death to leceive such veneration from
the people. Everywhere tears and ad-
miration and love too deep for tears
were poured out; and from their silent
Franklin Print TWELVE— Spaulding z^;
lips came such inspiration to patriotism
as roused thousands of Jiearts to rush to
battle to avenge their deaths. Living,
they were brave and true; but dying,
their blood baptized many an otherwise
indifferent one to deeds of devotion to
country that have since been chronicled
and that will be rehearsed by grateful
generations to come.

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THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.

There were four men killed and
fifteen wounded in the Regiment, and
many slightly wounded; loyal men in
Baltimore, who were careful to collect
all the facts as far as possible are of
the opinion tliat about one hundred of
the mob were killed by the guns of our
soldiers. About a thousand rounds of
ammunition were fired; and considering
the size of the target, it is probable that
the estimate is not far from the truth.
The company rosters present the names
of the wounded.

HOME.

July 29 orders came to break camp
for home, and that military manoeuvre,
never performed with unwillingness,
was executed at six in the morning; arrd
three hours later Baltimore was again,
and for the last time in the campaign,
visited. The Regiment received quite a
cordial reception this time, very differ-
ent from its first, and remained in thv^
city till five in the afternoon, when it
left for Philadelphia and started for
New York at ten next day, and for Bos-
ton at six in the evening. Everywhere
the people flocked to see the men who
received the first blows of tlie enemy,
and who had been able to be at the post
of danger so opportunely. The most
gratifying attentions were lavished on
them by all.

They reached Worcester, the home of
Company G, at ten in the morning of
Aug. 1, and there were greeted with a
welcome worthy of the heart of Massa-
chusetts and more gratifying than the
plaudits of strangers. They stayed till
three In the afternoon and then, depart-
ing for Boston, they w^ere received if
possible more heartily than elsewhere.
They were escorted to the Common and
addressed by Mayor Wightman, to
whom Colonel Jones replied. They then
partook of a collation and marched to
Faneuil Hall, where they were quar-
tered for the niglit, all but Company K.
which was quartered at its armory. Next
morning (Aug. 2), after breakfast on

tJie Common, they were mustered out
of the United States service by Colonel
Amory and proceeded to the Lowell
depot.

HOW THE FIRST FLAG WAS KEPT.
During the first few days in Washing-
ton Colonel Jones became anxious for
the preservation of the flag placed in
his care by Governor Andrew; and he
entrusted it to the custody of Chaidain
Babbidge, with oiders to keep it about
his person. The chaplain folded it care-
fully and buttoned it across his breast
beneath his coat, saying occasionally to
himself, "I hoi)e if I'm hit it will be in
the breast and that the old flag will stop
the ball."

VOTE OF THANKS FROIM CONGRESS.
Thirty-seventh Congress of the Unit-
ed States, at the first session, in the
House of Representatives, July 22. 1861.

Resolved. That the thanks of this
House are due and are hereby tendered
to the Sixth Regiment of the Massachu-
setts Volunteers, for the alacrity with
which they responded to the call of the
President and the patriotism and brav-
ery which they displayed on the 19th
of April last, in fighting their way
through the city of Baltimore, on their
march to the defence of tlie Federal
Capital.

G ALUS HA A. GROW.
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
Attest:

Em. Etheridge, Clerk.

About ninety-four per cent, of the
Regiment re-enlisted for further ser-
vice.

Extract from the Baltimore .-Vmerican
April 20, 1861:

The Massacliusetts troops — All ac-
counts of the affair of Friday at lialti-
more (and we have had more than owi
from eye witnesses), concur in bearing
testimony to the unshaken valor of the
assaulted Massachusetts Regiment, un-
der circumstances most trying to raw
soldiers. They were a handful of men
in the midst of a population of two hun-
dred thousand souls. Everywhere dur-
ing their progress of two "miles through
this population, they encountered the

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most furious hostility, and of the ex-
tent of this hostility in the city they
had no means of judging. But In the
face of everything they moved steadily
on, and reached this capital with
diminished numbers, but with unbroken
spirit — no longer raw troops, but troops
tried and not found wanting.

They paraded on Pennsylvania ave-
nue on Saturday evening. It was reviv-
ing to patriotism to look at them, as
they moved with steady step, under the

State flag of Massachusetts to which
they had given a new honor by their
heroic conduct. They were here from
far distant New England, in just five
days after the issue of the President's
Older, calling them into the service.
They were the first detachment of State
troops arriving at the capital, and be-
leaguered as it was with a garrison so
inadequate, the tramp of this Regiment
on tlie avenue was indeed a cheering
sound.

REOIMKNTAL SONG

The night is dark, the camp is stilled;
Eacli soldier's heart with joy is thrilled;
He dreams of home and scenes gone past,
Not conscious but his dream can last.
Chorus — Baltimore, Baltimore,

He starts at the cry of Baltimore.

A mystic grandeur fills his Ijreast,
While peaceful shimljer brings him rest;
He little thinks of danger near, —
His dream unmixed with dread or fear.
Chorus — Baltimore, 8:c.

At length the guard, with watchful eye,
Discovers danger lurking nigh;
Reminded of the days before.
He gives ihe cr}- of Baltimore.
Chorus — Baltimore, &c.

Quick the soldier's ready ear
"Warns him of the foe that's near;

He springs out in the dreary night,
From slumber to defend the right.
Chorus — Baltimore, &c.

' ' Baltimore! ' ' the alarming word
Thrills the heart whene'er 'tis heard, —
Suggests the loss of brothers gone.
Justice calls the foe to atone.
Chorus — Baltimore, &c.

When dut} calls so loud and plain,
With sorrow he recalls the slain;
And sacred as the brothers' dust.
So sacred is the cause, and just.
Chorus — Baltimore, &c.

As long as the free their blood shall give.
Our countr}- shall so long survive;
And where the weak the strong implore.
The rallying cry shall be ' ' Baltimore! "
Chorus — Baltimore, S:c.

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201

Sixth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

Fi:ei<D AND STAFF.

Colonel, Edward F. Jones, Pepperell.

Licjttenant Coloiiel, Benjamin F. Watson, Lawrence.

Major, JosiAH A. vSawtell, Lowell.

Adjutant, Alpha B. Farr, Lowell.

Quartermaster, James Monroe, Cambridge.

Pay Master, RuFus L. Plaisted, Lowell.

Surgeon, Norman Smith, Groton.

Assistant Surgeon, Jansen T. Paine, Charlestown.

Chaplain, Charees Babbidge, Pepperell.

Sergeant Major, Samuee W. Shattuck, Groton.

Quartermaster Sergeant, Church Howe, Worcester.

Commissary Sergeant, John Dupee, Boston.

Drum Major, Frederick Stafford, Lowell.

Hospital Steieard, Wieeia-ai H. Gray, Acton.

BAND.

This band accompanied the Regiment as
far as Baltimore and was left behind at the
depot in a baggage car which was attacked
with stones, etc., by roughs and broken
into, and the band made their escape,
leaving behind music, instruments, cloth-
ing, etc., and called on the police for aid
without avail. After running some dis-
tance, the}- were taken in by kind-hearted
women and the stripes removed from their
clothes, and other old clothes furnished
them for disguise. A message was sent to
the city officers, and a body of police was
sent who placed the band on iDoard the
cars and they started for home.

Brooks, George Lowell

Carlton , Eli B

Colburn, Charles Boston

Crooker , Abel F Lowell

Davis, Oliver T

Doe , William K

Lovett, John M

Metcalf, Greenleaf W

Muzzey , Eugene S

Nutting, Cofiern Dracut

Parshley, John H Lowell

Parshlev, Henrv G

Patterson, Charles J

Poison, James

AMlson, George A

Young, Artemns S

Roster Co. A, Sixth Massachusetts,
Minute Men of '61.

(National Greys.)

Organized in 1855. This company
had but a few hours' time to prepare
for departure, but were ready for duty
at the time required, and assembled at
Huntington Hall on the morning of the
16th of April, 1S61. With Companies C,
D and H, they left for Boston about
noon of the same day.

*Josiah A. Sawtell, Capt Lowell

Geo. M. Dickerman, Capt

Andrew C. Wright, 2d Lieut

Andrew J. Johnson, 1st Sergt

Enoch J. Foster, 1st Sergt

*George M. Dickerman, Sergt

George W. Snell; Sergt

John F. Swett, Sergt

*Wm. F. Loverin, Sergt

*Re-enlisted

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Minute Men of '61

Linus M. Caldwell, Corp Howe, Andrew J

Solomon Clark, Corp Higson, William H.

Alfred J. Hall, Corp Hood, Gilbert A

John W. Carter, Corp *Hudson, James F..

Aaron Andrews, Corp *Homans, Stephen. .

*Frank W. Greenwood, Musician Jones, Alfred G...,

Lewis A. Young, Musician Luce, William H...

*Marshall, Joseph . .
*Adams, Julius T

Bowker, Oren L

Barron, Frederic A

Bulmer, John

Chesley, Isaac

Crocker, George S

Durgin, Horace T

*Dightman, George W

*Emerson, Charles F

*Foss, John

*Frost, John

*Field, Joseph

*Grout, Frank R

Hall, Winthrop H

Herrick, Andrew J

Harrington, Thomas H

Miner, Charles

Motley, Robert

*Norton, Bradford S...
*Peavey, D. Merritt. . . .

^Packard, Wm. H

*Reed, Gordon

*Reed, James G

*Richardson, Charles H.

Richards, Martin

Stewart, Scott

Torsey, James M

Tuck, Warren M. ..... ,

Woodward, Henry M...

*Re-enlisted

Minute Men of '61 203

Company B, Sixth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Groton Artillery.)

On the 15th of April, 1861, at five *Jaquith, George D

o'clock p.m., the Commander received *Jones, Frederic A Townsend

notice by express that he must report Knowlton, Edwin H Groton

himself and command the next morning Livermore, Rufus

for duty, and the company left by the Lovejoy, Charles M Townsend

first train April 16, and joined their Mackintire, Benjamin Groton

Regiment and proceeded at once to Mansur, George V Groton

Washington. Moore. Charles E Groton

*Tn 1- o ^, 1 ^ i ^ X *Munroe, Robert

*Eusebius S. Clark, Capt Groton

^ T-i 0.1 ii- 1 1 i. T • X *Moulton, Noah J Groton

George F. Shattuck, 1st Lieut ,. , ,

aorv, ^1 n T31 A OA ^ • * Ockmgton, Andrew J Groton

Samuel G. Blood, 2d Lieut ,-.,..

Parker, Henry J Townsend

E. Dexter Sawtell, Sergt *Priest, William H Groton

William T. Childs, Sergt Quigg, John Pepperell

*John S. Cooke, Sergt Reed, John Groton

Joseph Stedman, Sergt Medfield *Richardson, Jas. E . .Winchenden, N. H.

George K. Cragin, Corp Groton *Russell, James L. R Groton

Abbott A. Shattuck, Corp Sartell, Wm. E Pepperell

Joseph A. Bacon, Corp *Sartell, Josiah F

*Charles H. Haynes, Corp Seldon, John S

Eugene A. Turner, Musician. .Pepperell Stall, George H Groton

Solomon Story, Jr., Musician Shattuck, Andrew J Pepperell

Ames, Amos L Groton Smith, Henry E Groton

*Barrett, George V Shirley *Stall, Ansel A Lunenburg

Blighton, D. F New York *Spaulding, George N Townsend

Brigham, Theodore Groton Sidlinger, Daniel M

Brown, John N Tolman, Alfred O Boston

Burgess, Word J Tozier, Henry E Groton

♦Carter, Aaron Pepperell *Thompson, Benjamin

Cox, Charles F Groton Tenney, William H

Dickerman, Samuel R Pepperell *Wheeler, Stephen W Shirley

Dickson, Henry A Groton Whitney, Salmon Groton

*Ford, Benjamin Wilson, Franklin

Fullick, George A Whitney, Charles L

Gilson, Thomas Wright, Charles H Pepperell

Gleason, George A Winn, Henry C

Hartwell, Adams J * Warren, William N. . . .N. Plttston, Me.

Heald, Timothy W Chelmsford *Watson, Ransom C Townsend

*Wnvf c!«r^„^i r» Groton *Whitcomb, Henry F Groton

Hoyt, Samuel D Gioton ^^^^ ^^^^^.^ p Pepperell

♦Houghton, Russell O Lunenburg .

*Jaquith, Samuel J Groton *Re-eniisted

204 Minute Men of '61

Company C, Sixth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Mechanics' Phalanx.)

Organized July, 1825. Received sum- *Dennett, Erastus Lowell

mons at eight p.m., April 15, 1861, and Deming, Charles W

arrived in Boston the next day at Flanders, Josiah C

twelve o'clock, and quartered at Boyls- Fairbanks, George D

ton Hall, and the next day marched to Fitzpatrick, Charles E Billerica

the State House and received rifles, and *George, Albert Lowell

thence to Boston & Worcester R. R., *Greenleaf, Ruel W

where they took the cars for Washing- Goddard, Benj. F

ton. Gray, Daniel W

*Goodwin, Amaziah N

Harmon, Moses

Horn, Frank M

Johnston, Thomas B

John W. Hadley, 1st Sergt *Kent, William C

*Brent Johnston, Jr., Sergt *Lord, Charles P

Ira Stickney, Sergt Libby, Martin V. B

Thomas O. Allen, Sergt *Lawrence, George

John H. Lakin, Corp McKenzie, Angus

Isaac N. Marshall, Corp McCurdy, Wm. B

Charles H. Arlin, Corp Mansur, Joseph

*Richard A. Elliott, Corp Peabody, Baldwin T

Andrew J. Burbank, Musician Phelan, Wm. H

* Joseph J. Donahoe, Musician Prescott, Dudley M

Arlin John .. .. *Pearsdn, Henry H Exeter, N. H.

Rice, Edward M Lowell

Albert S. Follansbee, Capt Lowell

*Samuel D. Shipley, 1st Lieut

John C. Jepson, 2d Lieut

*Bonney, Seth

Barnard, George W S^'^"^' ^^o^'Se W. . .

Barnard Tristram Stackpole, Emilus . .

Bryant, Theron A *Stinson, Charles B .

Bartlett, Andrew W Tibbetts, Joseph F.

Burns, Thomas Wilson, Alexander . .

Calvert, Frank Wright, Merrill S..

Crowley, Jeremiah ^'i"^^^^^' James L.

*Coburn, George H Dracut *Re-eiiiisted

Minute Men of '61 205

Company D, Sixth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Lowell City Guards.)

Organized in 1841; received orders on Davis, Martin Dracut

the evening of April 15, 1861, and as- Finn, Horace R Lowell

sembled with the other Lowell com- Gilmore, William P

panics at Huntington Hall the next Glover, Frederick W Grotcu

morning, and left for Boston about noon Gass, William B Dracut

the same day. Ham, Daniel A Lowell

Harvey, Aldis B

James W. Hart, Capt Loweil Huckins, Henry L Tewksbury

Charles E. Jones, 1st Lieut Jacks, John A Lowell

Samuel C. Pinney, 2d Lieut Kincaid, Alonzo

Lewellj^n L. Craig, 3d Lieut Ladd, Luther C

John E. Ames, 1st Sergt Lovrein, George W

William H. Lamson, 1st Sergt [Marshall, Robert

Frank L. Sanborn, Sergt :Mehill, Hugh F

William P. Cummings, Sergt Moore, Ira W

John H. Gilmore, Sergt Muzzey, Hiram C

Arthur J. Withey, Corp P^^ch, William R Chelmsford

Daniel B. Tyler, Corp P^^^^' ^^^^^^^ ^ ^"^'^^^

Amory W. Webber, Corp Rushworth, John B

Winslow H. Dodge, Corp Sanborn, James M

Joseph L. Wood, Corp Sinclair, Henry A

Stephens, Daniel C

Charles H. Edmonds, Musician „ , ,. it-,,- tt xj

Sunderlin, ^\llllam H. H

Alexander, George Taylor, Charles A

Bickf ord, William H Taylor, Charles J

Chamberlain, John R Taylor, Charles W

Chandler, Simeon C Taylor, Edward

Chandler, Charles H Cambridge Whitney, Addison O

Coburn, Edmund Dracut Winn, James O

Conroy, James Lowell Withington, William G Lowell

206 Minute Men oe '61

Company E,JFifth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Davis Guards.)

COMPANY E, SIXTH REGIMENT. Durant, James L Littleton

Organized in 1857. At six o'clocli on Farrar, Abel, Jr Acton

the evening of April 15, 1856, orders Fletcher, Aaron J

were received by the Guards to join Gilson, Henry

their Regiment to go to Washington. ^^^^' Nathan

About daylight tlie next morning they ^^'^^' William H

started for Lowell in open wagons, and Handley, Charles H Acton

in a heavy rain, reaching Lowell at Handley, William S

y OQ Hosmer, Gilman S

Jones, George

Daniel Tuttle, Capt Acton Lazell, Henry W

William H. Chapman, 1st Lieut Littlefield, Waldo Boxboro

George W. Rand, 2d Lieut Morse, Charles Marlboro

Silas P. Blodgett, 3d Lieut Moulton, Charles Acton

Aaron S. Fletcher, 4th Lieut Moulton, James

John E. Ames, 1st Sergt Putnam, John

Luke Smith, 1st Sergt Reed, Charles W Littleton

George W. Knights, Sergt Reed, George A

Henry W. Wilder, Sergt \Stowe Reed, William Acton

Granville W. Wilder, Sergt Reed, William B

Charles Jones, Corp Acton bobbins, Varnum F

John F. Blood, Corp Robbins, Luke

Luke J. Robbins, Corp Sawyer, Andrew J

Levi H. Robbins, Corp ^^^^i^h, Ephraim A

^ ^ ^ Tarbell, Edwin

George F. Campbell, Musician ,^. , ,

'- Wavne, John

George Reiser, Musician Baltimore -r^,, , tt- nr^^r,r.^A

' Wheeler, Hiram . .Concord

Battles, Edward D Littleton Whitney, John Quincy

Blood, George F Acton Whitney, William F. B

Bray, Henry L Whitney, John H. P

Brooks, Charles A Wilson, Samuel

Brown, John A Stowe Wood, Eben F

Minute Men of '61

207

Company F, Sixth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Warren Light Guard.)

Organized in 1855. Late in the after-
noon of April 15, 1861, Co. F and Co. I
received orders to report themselves in
Boston at the earliest possible moment,
and the next morning left Lawrence to
join the Lowell companies. Left Loweii
at eleven a.m. for Boston, stopping over
night at Boylston Hall, leaving on the
evening of the 17th, at eight o'clock for
New York.

Benj. P. Chadbourne, Capt. . .Lawrence

Melvin Beal, Capt

Thomas J. Gate, 1st Lieut

Jesse C. Silver, 2d Lieut Methuen

Andrew J. Butterfield, 1st Sergt Law

Charles B. Foster, Sergt Lawrence

Charles E. Drew, Sergt

William Marland, Sergt Andover

Gilbert P. Converse, Corp Lawrence

Surrill Flint, Corp

Thomas C. Ames, Corp

James A. Troy, Corp Methuen

Justin H. Kent, Musician :

Westley W. Knowlton, Musician

Allen, Henry H

Bailey, George F

Bailey, Romanzo C

Bailey, William A

Beal, Henry

Belcher, Charles F

Burrell, Augustus

Carter, William S

Chaffln, Willard

Cole, Micajah S Manchester, N. H.

Cooper, Thomas H Methuen

Cowdrey, Oliver W Lawrence

Cummings, Charles H Methuen

Dame, Albert L

Doil, William M Lawrence

Duchesney, Lawrence N

Dyer, William H

Foster, William K

Fui'ber, Lyman V. B

Greenlaw, Chas. E

Hill, Enos T

Hinman, Frank

Jones. Amos G Methuen

Jones, Josiah X Lawrence

Kent, George E

Leighton, George P

Littlefield, George W Amesbury

Merrill, Charles G Lawrence

Merrill, Frank H INIethuen

Mills, John A Lawrence

Morse, Benjamin G

Morgan, George W

Morse, James A

Patterson, William I

PJchardson, Morton T

Rogers, Samuel D

Russell, Frank

Shattuck, Charles ^l Lawrence

Sanborn, Frank Methuen

Smith, Robert C. J

Stone, Charles

Thurlow, George W :\Iethuen

Tufts, David Y Lawrence

Turkington, Henry Methueu

Tuttle, Thomas P Lawrence

Wentworth, Horace

Williams, John T

208 Minute Men of '61

Company G, Sixth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Worcester Light Infantry.)

Organized in 1S03. On April 16, 1861, Clissolcl, Joseph

at eleven p.m. the company received Cogger, Thomas E Newburyport

orders to report in Boston at noon the Conner, William Worcester

following day, to start for Washington. Comsett, Moses W

At 9:30 o'clock the next morning took Conklin, George H

up line of maixh for the cars for Bos- Corson, David W Natick

ton. Reported at State House and left Curtis, Marcus Worcester

with the Regiment that same evening. Dart, Charles E

Dennis, John B

Harrison W. Pratt, Capt Worcester ^ohertv, Thomas A

George W. Prouty, 1st Lieut j3^.^^^.^.^ Ephraim I

Thomas S. Washburn, 2d Lieut n ■ ■ t 1- T

Joseph W. Denny, 3d Lieut t-^ ^ J t ^ t

' Dyson, Joseph

Dexter F. Parker, 4th Lieut ^n ti, h^-t, ^

Emerson, John Millsbury

Thomas S. Washburn, 1st Sergt Estabrook, Josiah S Worcester

John A. Lowell, Sergt Gurnhardt, Adam

J. Stewart Brown, Sergt Hacker, Rudolph A

Charles H. Stratton, Sergt Hardy, Henry E

Jas. A. Taylor, Sergt Hastings, Ira B

Joel H. Prouty, Corp Haven, Henry R

Edward S. Stone, Corp Hay, Edward S

Brown P. Stowell, Corp Boston Henry, John

William H. Hobbs, Corp Worcester Hoar, Adelbert D. V

Edwin Stalhurth, Musician Hodgkins, Orlando

William C. Roundy, Musician Houghton, George A

Abbott, Caleb F Johnson, George P Springfield

Alden, ' Benjamin F. R Kidder, James F Worcester

Alden, Edward W Knapp, John M

Bacon, John W Lawrence, Henry H Barre

Badger, Algernon S Boston LaForest, Samuel O Boston

Ball, David H Worcester Lincoln, William Worcester

Ballard, Thomas E Methuen, John F

Belser, William F..... Minter, George F Boston

Bemis, Henry Moulton, Charles A Worcester

Brainard, Robert M Mulcahy, John F

Brown, Joseph L Newton, Myron J

Calligan, John E Nolan, James H

Campbell, Edwin A Parker, Dexter F

Capron, Edwin C PenT, Edward B

Capron, Luther Jr Piper, William H

Casey, Thomas J Pierce, J. M, T..

Minute Men of '61 209

Rice, Elbridge M Trumbull, Charles P

Rice, Joseph O Turner, Peter J

Richter, Henry M Valentine, William H

Riggs, Calvin Walker, Albert C

Schwarz, George Wiegand, Frederick A

Shaw, James D Whipple, Charles E Springfield

Sheehan, Dennis M Whitcomb, Andrew J Worcester

Sief, Meilleux Wilkins, Daniel

Smith, J. Baxter Wilkins, James

Stiles, John W Wilson, Charles H

Sweeney, Timothy Holliston Wolfe, John

Talbot, Thomas Worcester Woodcock, Ira

Thompson, Edward P Woodward, J. Wallace

Towle, John Young, Silas E

210 Minute Men of '61

Company H, Sixth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Watson Light Guard.)

Organized in 1851. Received orders Hapgood, Edwin

about eight p.m. on the evening Harper, Alexander

of April 15, 1861, and the next morning Hill, James E

marched to Huntington Hall, where Holmes, Silas S

they joined the other companies of the Huckins, Edward

Regiment, leaving for Boston about Ingalls, Enoch

noon the same day. Johnson, George P

Keene, George H

John F. Noyes, Capt Lowell Marshall, John J

George E. Davis, 1st Lieut McCoy, Edwin P

Andrew F. Jewett, 2d Lieut McGillery, Angus Boston

Benjamin Warren, 3d Lieut Milliken, Frank J Lowell

Nathaniel K. Reed, 1st Sergt Mitchell, James M

Charles E. Poor, Sergt Nourse, John H

Benjamin W. Frost, Sergt Palmer, Charles P

Timothy A. Crowley, Sergt Pinder, Albert

Edward J. Grimes, Corp Ricker, Charles W

Hiram W. Gordon, Corp Roberts, Nathaniel

Caleb Philbrick, Corp Rolfe, Charles F

Warren C. Crosby, Corp Russell, Daniel W

George Robertson, Musician . Scadding, Alfred W

Levi Bro\vn, Musician Short, William

Small, Frederick J

Atwood, Charles C Smith, William

Avery, Frank S Stafford, Frederick K

Bills, Charles R Strong, Martin V r

Braddock, Warren L Warren, Augustus

Charters, Reuben P Whiting, Joseph B

Clark, Charles F Wilkins, George

Clifford, Raeburn G Winn, George B

Dobbins, George R Willis, William T

Minute Men of '61

211

Compan}^ I, Sixth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of Y)l

(Lawrence Light Infantry.)

Organized in 1S49. Received orders
late in tlie afternoon of April 15, 1861,
to report in Boston at the earliest
moment. In the passage through Balti-
more Corporal Sumner H. Needham was
killed; Michael Green was shot in the
leg and sent home; Victor G. Gingass
shot in the arm, but proceeded with his
comrades to Washington.

John Pickering, Capt Lawrence

Daniel S. Yeaton, 1st Lieut

Aug. Lawrence Hamilton, 2d Lieut

Eben H. Ellenwood, 3d Lieut

Eugene J. Mason, 4th Lieut

Stephen D. Stokes, 1st Sergt

Joshua C. Ramsden, Sergt

George G. Durrell, Sergt

George E. Yarrington, Sergt

William A. Huntington, Corp

William H. Carlton, Corp

Frederick G. Tyler, Corp

Sumner H. Needham, Corp

Robert G. Barr, Corp

John D. Emerson, Musician

Henry J. White, Musician

Edward Carlton, Musician

Bardsley, William E

Berry, Horace S

Blood, Milton H

Cauffy, Edward

Drew. George A

Farewell, Frederick M

Freeman, Victor O

Gingrass, Victor G

Green, Mi(;hael

Holton, William M

Harkins, Daniel

Harmon, John M

Harriman, John E

Heath, Edwin C

Home, Joseph

Jewell, Harry G

Joy, Alonzo

Klttredge, David

Knights, James S

Knott, William G

Miller, William

Norton, John H

Oliver, John

Page, John M Boston

Pierce, Samuel B Lawrence

Rolfe, Henry A

Safford, Josei)h H

Saunders, Caleb

Shorey, George W

Spofford, Edwin F

Staples, Herbert

Stanley, Charles H Methuen

Stearns, Hiram A Lawrence

Swaiue, Charles M

Wentworth, Edwin H. C

Weymouth, Charles J

White, Henry J

Vv'oodbury, Charles T

212 Minute Men oe '61

Compan}^ K, Sixth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Washington Light Guard.)

Organized in ISIO, formerly called Gardner, Horace

Washington Artillery. At ten o'clock Gillespie, James

on the evening of April 15, 1861, they Gourlay, William D Cambridge

received orders, and at eight o'clock the Hall, Charles H Boston

next morning reported sixty-four men Hamilton, Charles M Chelsea

ready for duty, and left with the Regi- Holt, Brastus T Boston

ment for Washington. Hume, Josiah L

Keller, .Jacob W

Walter S. Sampson, Capt Boston Knowlton, Edward T

Ansel D. Wass, 1st Lieut Le Favor, James H

Moses J. Emery, 2d Lieut Leonard, Orville W

Thomas Wallwork, od Lieut Look, Orick

John F. Dunning, 4th Lieut Mallory, William H. H Cambridge

Levi F. McKenney, 1st Sergt Mann, Henry C Chelsea

James C. Rogers, Sergt | Matthews, Joseph O Boston

George W. Gordon, Sergt Meadows, Thomas W

David C. Sisson, Sergf. Meserve, John G

George A. Gurnett, Sergt Moore, James F

_, T- ^ , „ Morton, Lemuel Q

James E. March, Corp ' ^

^^ , . . T /-I 4-T 11 /-i« „ Nudd, Edward

Washington J. Corthell, Corp

, o 1 T , n^,„. Parks, William

Joseph Sanderson, Jr., Corp

. , , ^^ ., , „ Peaks, James G

Abraham Holland, Corp

Roberts, Henry

William H. H. Foster, Musician g^^^,^^^,^^ ^^^^^,.^^ ^

Gilbert W. Homan, Musician Shepard, Adams

Bell, George Sloan, Charles F., Jr W. Roxbury

Boden, Elisha C Small, Horace H Boston

Butler, George W Spencer, James H

Chester, Charles H Spencer, Mendall C

Chester, William P Spinney, George A

Colgan, George Sproul, Alexander

Daly, William H Stevens, George W

Drake, Le Prelirt Story, Charles C

Dupee, John Symonds, John H

English, Harold M Temple, George

Ennis, Joseph F Whitney, George T

Fiske, Edward P White, Isaac B

Francis, Lewis F Cambridge Wood, James

Frye, Charles H Boston Young, Henry F

Minute Men of '61 213

Compan}^ L, Fourth Massachusetts Reg-iment,
Minute Men of 61

(Stoneham Light Infantry.)

John H. Dike, Capt Stoneham

Leander F. Lynde, 1st Lieut

Uarius N. Stevens, 2d Lieut

Organized in 1851. In April, 1861, Flanders, Stephen

belonged to the Seventh Regiment as Fortier, .lohn B

Company C. They received orders at Gerry, John O

two o'clock on the morning of April 17, Green, Henry W

1861, to appear at Boston that morning Green, Orrin A

at eleven o'clock. Prompt at the hour Hadlej', Aaron S

they reported at the State House and Hayes, Levi W

left with the regiment at noon. On Hayes, Watson A

the 19th, while passing through Balti- Hill, Andrew E

more. Captain Dike was shot in the leg Holden, Warren

by the mob. Hosmer, E. Battelle . . . .

Jones, William H

Johnson, Samuel S

Keenan, James

Kimpton, John W

James F. Rowe, 3d Lieut LaClair, Joseph

William B. Blaisdell, 4th Lieut.. . .Lynn ^^^^^^^.^^ Charles

Samuel C. Trull, 1st Sergt Stoneham Madden, William H

Jefferson Hayes, Sergt Marston, Hiram P

Francis M. Sweetser, Sergt Meader, Albert J

Sidney L. Colley, Sergt Mead, Maurice

James Whittaker, Corp Mellen, Sidney F

George P. Stevens, Corp Moody, Dearborn S. ...

Andrew J. Kimpton, Corp Moody, James S

Charles L. Gill, Corp Osmore, Battel

Victor W. Lorrendo, Musician Parker, Augustus M. . .

Eugene Devitt, Musician Pennell, Joseph W

.„ ^1, 1 TT Perry, Ephraim A

Berry, Charles H ' , , , tt

.„ '^r -,4. T> Pinkhara, Alphonso H.

Berry, Walter B _. , , t- i td

^ ^ . , Pmkham, Fernando P.

Brown, Daniel ^. , , o , tt

T> .... ^ 1^ ^xr^^^■ r. Piukham, Samuel H...

Butterfield, William G ^

Carr, Charles H „,,'.''' /

, „. . ,, Robbins, Andrew

Clement, Otis M _ , .. .

. , ' . , , Sanborn, James A

Cormick, Richard ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^,^^ ^

Craig, John W... ^^^ ^^^^^ ^

Danf orth, Horace W Benjamin F., Jr. .

Dike, Henry ^^.J^^^^^ Archelaus ....

Doucette, Joel N ^^, , _^, ,^ -^

T.T Wheeler, John B

Eastman, James H -simiinni w

' , ._ Young, William H

Eastman, John B

214

Minute Men ok '61

Capt. John H. Norton

Minute Men of '61

Co. I, 6th Mass. Regt.

Major John H. Norton, joined Company
1, Sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volun-
teer Militia, 1859. Captain John Picker-
ing commanding and was with that Regi-
ment in its passage through Baltimore on
April 19, 1861, and was slightly wounded
at that time, and was a direct descendant
-orSamuel Remick, a soldier of the Revolu-

tionary War, who 'made the coffin that
Major Andre, the traitor was buried in.
Also a descendant of John Norton one of
the first ministers sent to England by the
Colonies. Was a member of Boston City
Government and the Massachusetts lyegis-
lature.

Minute Men of '61

215

George A. Reed, Saxoiiville. Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. E. 6th''Ma.ss. Ijeut. 26th Resrt. Mass, Vols.

Hon. George A. Reed was born at Con-
cord, Mass., September 10, 1842. Enli.sted
in Company E, Sixth M.V.M., went with
the Regiment through Baltimore, April 19,
1861, as private. September 5, 1861, en-
listed in the Twenty-Sixth Massachusetts
Regiment ; served under command of
General B. F. Butler in Louisiana as Cor-
poral and Sergeant. January 14, 1864,
re-enlisted in the Twenty-Sixth INIas.sachu-
setts Regiment ; was mustered out Septem-
ber 25, 1865. Was with General Grant at
City Point, Va., with General P. H.
Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley
November 1 ; was appointed Special Mail
Messenger for Generals Sheridan and

Hancock ; was coTumissioned as Second
Lieutenant. After returning to Massachu-
setts made his home in Framingham ; was
elected three years on the Board of Select-
men, and in 18S9 served in the Massiichu-
setts House of Representatives ; was
elected a member of the Stjite Senate in
1895 and re-elected in 1896 ; has been in
the employ of the Boston and Albany Rail-
road thirty-four years, and as train con-
ductor, 29 years ; is a Past Conmiander of
Post 142 G-A-R ; Past President of the old
Sixth and Twenty-Sixth Massachusetts
Regimental Associations ; member of the
various Masonic bodies ; Aleppo Temple
N. of M. Shrine, Boston.

216

Minute Men of '61

William D. Gourlay. Governor's Island, N. Y.

Minute Men of '61

6th Mass. Regt. 1st Mass. Cav.

Enlisted in Company C, First Massachn-
setts Militia in Boston, 1860. April 15,
1861, upon President's call for Volunteers
for three months' service, Company C, was
attached from the First and joined the
Sixth Regiment as Company K, was
wourded in Baltimore fight on April 19.
Rejoined Regiment at Relay House, Md.,
on recovery of wound. Took part in the
arrest of Ross Winans, member of the
Maryland I^egislature. Also assisted in
capturing the Winans' steam gun, a dia-
bolical engine for destruction. Was also
war correspondent of the Cambridge
Chronicle. In Nobember, 1861, enlistetl
for Company B, First Massachusetts
Cavalry, Captain Samuel E. Chamberlain,
and Robert Williams, a distinguished
Cavalry officer of the Regtilar Aniiy Col-
onel. Was in the battle of Decessionville,
S. C. Was also war correspondent for the
Boston Herald. When I^ee's Army in-
vaded Mar3dand the Regiment was sent to
join the Army of the Potomac. Was en-
gaged in South Mountain and Antietam
battles. After there, was detached for duty
at Adjittant General's office, Washington.

George A. Drew, New York

Minute Men of '61

Co. I, 6th Mass. Co. K, 4th N. H. Co. C. 34th T.S.C.T.

Captain George A. Drew was born in
Newmarket, N. H., March 27, 1843, of
Revolutionar}' ancestors. Parents moved
to L/awrence, Mass., in 1850. April 15,
1861, at first call for troops was member
of Company D, Sixth Massachusetts, and
marched with that Regiment through
Baltimore, April 17. On mustering out of
the old Sixth on August 2, and immedi-
ately re-enlisted as Sergeant in the F'ourth
New Hampshire Volunteers for three
years, participating with that Regiment,
in the vSherman expedition, at taking of
Port Royal, S. C, Beaufort, Jacksonville,
Fernandine, St. Augustine; twice wounded
at battle of Pocalatigo bridge; April 7, 1863,
was promoted to First Lieutenant and later
to a Captaincy in the Tliirt\'-Fourth United
States Colored Troops, by General Saxton,
Military Governor of South Carolina, and
resigned March 22, 1865. Was engaged
in capture of Morris Island, and Siege of
Charlestown and Forts Sumter and Wag-
ner and night attack in small forts on the
latter. \\'as in seventeen battles and
engagements. After the war was over
became a citizen of New York City, being
now a retired member of the police force
of that cit}'. Member and commander of
Reno Post No. 44, Department of New
York, G-A-R; served on Commander-in-
Chief John Adams' staff as Aid-de-Camp.

Minute Men of '61

217

Cai't. Wai.ter S. Sampson

Minute Men of '61

Co. K, 6th Mass. and 22d Mass. Regrt.

Captain Walter Scott Sampson was born
in Kingston, Mass.. on Februar_v 22, 1835,
■son of Benjamin and Sarah (Bradford)
Sampson. He was on both .sides de-
scended from the old Pilgrim stock. His
edncation was obtained in the district
schools of his native town, and at the age
of eighteen he came to Boston and
engaged in the occupation of mason. He
early V)ecanie identified with the militia,
and on the outbreak of the Rebellion w^as
Captain of Company K, Sixth M.V.M.,
which Company he connnanded during the
three months' campaign of 1861 . Return-
ing to Boston from this service, he was
made Captain in the Twentj-Second
United States Volunteers, and with that
command took part in the operations of
the Army of the Potomac until the latter
part of 1862. Upon his return to civil life,
he resumed his occupation as a builder and
achieved great success. He erected many
prominent buildings, notably the new
Court House. He has been active in
Grand Army work, having been com-
mander of Charles Russell Lowell Post 7,
G-A-R for several yerrs; is a member of
the A. & H. A. Co., and on their memor-
able visit to England was bearer of the
State Flag.

.Simeon C. Chandler. Clinton, .Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. I), 6tli Ma.ss. Rejrt.

Born in P<ast Fairfield, Vt., August 29,
1839, of old Revolutionary stock. His
great grantlfather, Simeon Chandler served
during the entire seven years of that war,
being three years of the time a prisoner in
the hands of the Indian allies of the British
at the first call of Pre.sident Lincoln, in
April, 1861, hastened to enroll himself in
the ranks of his countr\''s defenders. On
the evening of April 15, enlisted in Com-
pany D, Sixth M.V.M.

In 1862, he re-enli.sted in Company L,
Thirty-Third INIassachusetts Volunteers for
three years, and ser\ed with that command,
being several months on Provost duty in
Alexandria, Va., also at F'airfax Court
House. Thoroughfare Gap, Chantilly and
Falmouth. In March, 1863, he was dis-
charged at Stafford Court House, Va., for
disability. In 1864, he enlisted for the
third time in his original command. Com-
pany 1), Sixth M.V.M. , for one hundred
days, as Corporal of the Color guard.
During this enli.stment the psincipal duty
performed was the guarding of rebel pris-
oners at P'ort Delaware. He again enlisted
in Infteenth Massachusetts Battery, in the
Department of the Gulf. During this term
he participated in the Pen.sacola Campaign,
and the sharp conflicts attending the siege
of Blakelv, Miss.

218

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William Marland, Andover, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. F, 6th Regt. Capt. 2d Mas.s Bafry. Maj. U.S.V.

William Marland, son of William Sykes
and Sarah (Northy) Marland, Ijorn in
Andover, March 11, 1839. His grand-
father, Abraham Marland emigrated from
England, 1801. Major Marland has always
claimed Andover as his home receiving his
edtication in its schools and Phillips Acad-
eni}'. He enli.sted in Company F, of the
"Old Sixth," April 15, 1861, was made
Sergeant April 17, and inarched as Color
Gtiard throtigh the streets of Baltimore,
April 19, 1861.

Mustered out, August 2, 1861. He re-
cruited until December, 1861, when he was
commissioned as Second lyieutenant Second
Battery, Light Artillery, M.V.M., with
which he remained until Atigust 11, 1865.
He served b}- promotion as First Lieutenant
and Captain, and was made Brevet-Major
for gallant and meritorious services. Re-
ceived a Congressional Medal of Honor for
gallantry at Cirand Coteati, La., Noveml)er
3, 1863. After having Ijeen surrounded by
the enemy's Cavalry, his support having
surrendered, he ordered a charge and
saved the section of the battery tliat was
under his command.

He Avas Postmaster at Andover, 1869
to 1886 inclttsive, now dead.

Amos G. Jones, Medford, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. F, 6th Mas,s. Color Sergt. Co. F, 26th M.V.M.

Born in Methuen, Mass., July 15, 1840,
of Revoltitionary ancestors. Was a mem-
ber of the Massachusetts Militia, called for
service, April 15, 1861, Company F, vSixtli
Regiment M.V.M. Passed through Balti-
more, April 19, 1861, on the way to gtiard
the Capitol at Washington, D. C. Mus-
tered out, Augu.st 2, 1861. Re-enlisted as
Sergeant in Company F, Twentv -Sixth
Mas.sachtisetts Volunteer Infantry, Septem-
ber 20, 1861, and later appointed Color
Sergeant of same Regiment. Served in
the Department of the Gulf under General
Butler, was transferred from there to the
James River in front of Richmond and
from there to the Shenandoah Valley with
General Sheridan. After the big review at
Washington, D. C. , at the close of the war,
the Regiment was sent to Savannah, Ga.,
and he held the position of Harbor Master
until September, 1865.

Minute Men of '61

Reubex p. Charters, I^owell, Mass.

Minute Men of '61
Co. H, Sixth Massachusetts Regiment

Reuben P. Charters was l)oni at Tack-
ville, N. B., June 15, 1841, came to Massa-
chusefts when seven 3ears old. Enlisted
April 16, 1861, from Lowell, Mass., to
serve three months, and was mustered in
April 12, 1861, Company A, Sixth Regi-
ment, Masssachusetts Volunteer Infantry,
on Boston Common, Colonel Edward F.
Jones commanding. Discharged August
2, 1861, at Boston, Mass. Re-enlisted
August 28, 1861, to serve three years in the
First Battery Massachusetts Volunteers,
Light Artillery, Captain Josiah Porter
commanding. Discharged at Brandy Sta-
tion, Va., January 2, 1864. He was in
sixty-one battles and a numljer of skir-
mi.shes.

Two horses were shot from under him
at Cedar Creek, Va., and another lost In-
jumping in the mud. Discharged June 6,
1865, at Boston, Mass.

He is a member of Ladd and Whitney
Po.st No. 185, Department of IMassachu-
setts, G-A-R; also U-V-U and Sixth Massa-
chusetts Association.

C.M'T. .\NSi;i, I). \V.\SS

Minute Men of '61
6th Mass. ReKt.
Ansel D. Wass was born November 12,
1833, was mustered in April 22, 1861, at
Wa.shington, I). C. Mustered out August
2, 1861. Captain Conipanv K, Nineteenth
M.V.M. Mu.stered in August 28, 1861,
Charles J. Pleasant, First Lieutenant
PHeventh Infantry, I'nited States .\nny
Mustering Officer; :\Iajor, .same Regiment,
July 1, 1862; discharged October 1, 1862,
to accept a commis.sion of Lieutenant Col-
onel Forty-First Regiment, M.V.M., Sep-
tember 6, 1862. Mustered in October 10,

1863, by Captain J. B. Collins Fourth In-
fantry, United States Army; discharged
Janitary31, 1863. Commissioned Lieuten-
ant Colonel, Nineteenth Regiment,
M.V.M. , May i:-y, 1863. Mustered' in May
25, 1863; commissioned Colonel, same
Regiment, February 28, 1864, never mus-
tere . under commission; discharged Feb-
ruary 28, 1864. Commissioned Colonel
Sixtieth Regiment, I\I.\MM., July 30, 1,S64,
mustered in .Au.yust 6, 1864, bv Major
Wharton, I'nitetl States .\rniy, at Balti-
more, ]\Id.; mustered out November 30,

1864, Indianapolis, Ind. Comnn's.Moned
Colonel Sixty-Second Re.giment (new),
INI.V.M., IMarch 2, 1865, lint never nuis-
tered. Brevet Brigadier-General, United
States Army, :March 13, 1865.

Colonel Wa.ss was wounded at Vorktown,
April 7, 1862; Glendale, June 30. 1,S62;
Gettvsburg, Julv3, 1863; Bristou Station,
October 14, 1863. Died January 24, 1889.

220

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Church Howe, U. S. Consul, Sheffield, Hng.

Minute Men of '61

Sixth Massachusetts Regiment

Major Church Howe, born in Princeton,
Mass., December 13, 1839, of Revolution-
ar_v ancestors. His great grandfather,
Adonijah Howe, was a private at the battle
of Lexington.

p;nrolled April 15, 1861, as a private,
Company G, .Sixth Massachusetts Militia
Infantry to serve three months, nd was
with the Regiment when it passed through
Baltimore, April 19, 1861. He was
appointed Quartermaster Sergeant of the
Regintent prior to the mustering of the
compau}-, and was discharged from the
service Jtily 23, 1861, to enable him to
accept the appointment of First Ivieutenant
and Regimental Quartermaster of the Fif-
teenth Massachusetts Volunteers. Was
later commissioned Captain and Brevet
Major, United States Volunteers. Novem-
ber, 1861, detached from Regiment and
assigned to duty as ordnance officer, staff
of General Charles P. Stone, commanding
corps of observation at Poolesville, Md.,
and later assigned to duty as Senior Aid-
de-Camp to General John Sedgwick, com-
manding the Second Division, .Second

Corps, Army of the Potomac, remaining
with him through the Peninsular Cam-
paign and into the Maryland Campaign,
where, at Antietam he was wounded.
Was later assigned to duty on staff of
Major General Slocum, commanding
Twelfth Corps, Army of the Potomac, and
made Provost Marshal of Northern Mary-
land and West Virginia, headquarters at
Harper's Ferry, and afterwards was again
assigned as Senior Aid-de-Camp to Major
General John Sedgwick, commanding
Ninth Corps and Sixth Corps, respec-
tively.

Among the battles in which Major Howe
look part were those of Ball's Bluff, Siege
I if Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Gaines' Mill,
Peach Orchard, Savage Station, Charles
Citj^ Cross Road, Glendale, Malvern Hill,
Flint Hill, second Bull Run and Antietam.

General Sedgwick in his official reports
of the battles of Fair Gaks and Antietam
makes special mention of Major Howe's
gallant conduct.

Was appointed first P^nited States Mar-
shal of Wyoming Territory by President
Grant in 1869. Removed to Nebraska in
1871, and engaged in farming, banking,
and railroad building. A member of the
Nebraska State Senate and House of
Representatives twenty-four years, and
was twice President of the Senate. Mem-
Ijer of State Board of Education for ten
years. In 1893 was elected Senior Vice-
Commander, and in 1894 Commander of
the Grand Army of the Republic, Depart-
ment of Nebraska. Retired from active
business in 1895.

Appointed Consul at Palermo, Italy, by
President McKinley, July, 1897, and in
1900 transferred to Sheffield, Eng.

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221

Col. Edward F. Jones. Binghamton. N. Y.
Minute Men of '61
6th Mas.s. Regt.

Edward Franc Jones, born Utica, N. Y.,
June 3, 1828. Private, Lieutenant and
Captain Fifth Regiment M.V.M., Major of
Sixth M.V.M.. Colonel, 1858, till Regi-
ment mustered out of United States service.
Tendered services of Sixth Regiment to
Governor Andrew, January 16, 1861. Re-
ceived at four p.m. April 15, order to
muster command on Boston common forth-
with. Reported Regiment for duty at
twelve o'clock noon, April 16. Left Bos-
ton in command of the Regiment, April 17,
attacked by mob in Baltimore April 19,
reaching Washington that evening, where
it was met at the station Ijy President
Lincoln, who greeted it with " thank C.od
you are here. If you had not arrived to-
night we should have been in the hands of
the rebels before morning." This Regi-
ment saved the Capital ; was mustered out
August, 1861. He then recruited the
Twenty-Sixth Regiment and was accorded
the distinguished honor by Governor
Andrew of appointing every officer in the
Regiment. Brevetted Brigadeer-General,
United States Volunteers. Member of

Massachusetts Legislature session of 1865.
Fall of 1865 removed to Binghaniton,
X. Y. In 1885 was elected Lieutenant
Governor State of New York, serving six
years. In 1865, founded the Jones Scale
Works, being its President and manager
for many years, was the originator of the
system of prepaying the freight, and
atithor of the expressive term, which has
l)ecome one of the idioms of our language
" He pajs the freight."

While General Jones is nearly blind, his
many friends will be glad to know that the
year 1910 finds him yet alive at his beauti-
ful home at Binghaniton.

Fricd M. F.\RWELI-. Oaklantl

Minute Men of '61

Col. Co. I, 6tli Ma.ss. Regt.

Frederick :M. Farwell was mining on
Trinity River, California, when the Civil
War threatened, and left the mining
grounds, went to San Francisco, took pas-
sage on steamer, "Mo.ses Taylor," and
arrived in Boston just three days before
being sworn into the service. Went
through Baltimore on April 19, 1861.
Company I was furnished ten rounds of
cartridges to each man.

222

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Henry A. Dickson, Fitchburg, Mass.

Minute Men of '61
6th Mass. Regt. 33d Regt. Mass. Vols.

Henry A. Dickson wa.s born in Groton,
Mass., July 2, 1837; with his parents in
1853, he went East and was for five years
among the Arabs in Palestine, learning
the Arabic and German languages.

Returning to this cotmtry in 1858, he
enli.sted in Company B, Sixth Massachu-
setts Volunteers, responding to the first
call for troops. Enlisted again, July 11,
1862, in Company E, Thirt>-Third Massa-
chusetts Volunteer Infantry, for three
years. Was made a vSergeant, July 1,
1863; promoted to First vSergeant; was
in the Army of the Potomac till Septem-
ber, 1863, when he went West with the
Twentieth Corps; the remainder of his ser-
vice was with General Sherman. At the
battle of Resaca, Ga., May 15, 1864, re-
ceived a gunshot wound in the right shoul-
der, but recovered from it sufficiently to
get back to the Regiment ten da\s Ijefore
they started on the famous march ' ' from
Atlanta to the Sea." Was in every battle
and engagement in which the Regiment
participated with the exception of the time
between May 15 and November 1, 1864.
Commissioned First I^ieutenant November
3, 1864, and discharged with the Regiment
June 11, 1865. A resident of Fitchburg,
Mass., for the past thirty-seven vears, anil
a member of the city common council for
the year 1892.

Edwin F. .Spofford, Maiden, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

.Sixth Massachusetts Regiment

Edwin F. SpofTord was born in Bangor,
Me., September 26, 1836. His military
service commenced in Company I, Sixth
Regiment, M.V.M., (old Sixth), and he
answered the first call of the President,
Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1861, as a
Mintite Man, marched through Prate
street, Baltimore, April 19, 1861,' in the
ranks with comrades of that Company,
fighting their way from President street
depot to Camden street depot, and left his
mark in Dixie Ijy avenging the death of
Corporal Sumner H. Needham, a victim of
the rioters, and a comrade of the same
Company.

Also served as a musician in band of
Nineteenth Massaclmsetts Infantry, honor-
ably discharged in November, 1861.

Re-enlisted as private Company M,
First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, Feb-
ruary 20, 1862; promoted to Sergeant,
First Sergeant, vSecond L/ieutenant, First
Ivieutenant, Captain. April 9, 1865, was
severel}^ wounded at Harris Farm, Va.
(Spottyslvania Court House) , May 19,
1864; was in the following engagements:
Baltimore, April 19, 1861, Chantilla, Harris
Farm, Spottsylvania; Peter slnirg. Poplar
Spring Church; capture of Petersburg,
Sailor's Creek, Farmville, Jettersville,
Weldon Raid, Surrender of L^ee.

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223

Thomas J. Cate, I,awrence, Mass.

Minute Men of '61
Company F, 6th Mass. Regiment.

Thomas J. Cate, went out with Old Sixth
Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, April
1, 1861, as Third Lieutenant. Elected
Second Lieutenant, May 6, 1861. Ap-
pointed bythe President, First Lieutenant,
Sixteenth United States Infantry, August
5, 1861. Resigned ni}- commission, August
17, 1863. Appointed Recruiting Officer
among the Rebel Prisoners at Point Look-
out, Md., by Major-General B. F. Butler,
January 23, 1864. Appointed First Lieu-
tenant in Thirty-Sixth United States
Colored Troops, April 24, 1864. Was dis-
charged from the service owing to Physical
Disability, August 4, 1865, on Surgeon's
Certificate, dated July 25, 1865, City Point,
Va. Appointed Brevet Major of Volun-
teers, by Secretary of War, for Meritorious
Service in the Subsistance Department
during the War, to rank as such from the
Thirteenth day of March, 1865. Recom-
mended b}- the Commis.sar}' General.
Present address, Lawrence. Mass.

Alex.an'dkr W. Sproule, Somer\ille, Mas.s.

Minute Men of '61

Co. K, 6tli Mass. Regt.

Alexander Sproule joined the Fifth Regi-
ment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia in
1856. In 1861 joined Company K, of the
Sixth Regiment, M.V.M. Was with that
Regiment in their memorial march
through Baltimore, April 19, 1861.

After being mustered out of the army
joined the nav\- and served throughout the
war. Served on the San Jacinto, Port
Royal and Melacomet and was with Com-
mander Farragut when his fleet entered
Mobile.

224

Minute Men of '61

James S. Knights, Wavikeegan, 111.

Minute Men of '61

Co. I, 5th Ma.ss. 3 nios and 9 nics canipaigrn

James S. Knights answered the first call
for volunteers. Was employed as break-
man on the Boston and Maine Railroad,
and went out for three months with Com-
pany Iv, of the Ivawrence Light Infaiitr_v,
served with Captain J. L. Pickne}'. Went
out in the nine months' call and served
ttnder Captain Hamilton, and the Regi-
ment went to Suffolk, Va. Came to city
in May, 1866; on the Chicago and North-
western Railroad. Past Commander of
Waiikeegan, 111., Post 374, G-A-R.

William G. Warren, Si.sson, Cal.

Minute Men of '61

Co. B, 6th Mass. Regt.

W. G. Warren was in old Company B,
Sixth Regiment, State Militia; did not go
out with them on the start but was sent
out shortly after from Groton, came home
with them and reorganized into the
Twenty-Sixth Massachusetts and served
through the war.

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225

I,t. lyEANDER F. L,YNDK, Stonehaiii. Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. I^, 6tli Mass. Reg-t.

Leander F. Lynde was born in Stone-
ham, Mass., October 15, 1835. Mustered
into service April 21, 1861, for three
months; First Ivieutenant Company L,
Sixth Regiment; took the command of
Compan}' L, Sixth Regiment after Captain
D^-ke was wounded, April 19, 1861.

C.^PT. John H. Dyke. Stonehani. Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Sixth Ma.ssachusetts Reg'iment

Captain John H. Dyke was born in
Stonehani, Mass., September 17, 1834;
mustered into the United States service
April 22, 1861, for three months; Captain
of Company I^, Sixth Regiment; wounded
at Baltimore April 19, 1861. Died at
Stoneham, April 28, 1871.

226

Minute Men of '61

Geor(;e V. Barrets. Aver, Mass.

Minute Men of '61
6th Ma.ss. Capt. 2.3d Mass. Regt.

Lawrence H. Duchesnev. Boston Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. F, 6th Mass., L,ieut. 1st Ma.ss, Cav.

Stei>hi.;n \V. Whi;eler. New Ipswich, N.H.
Minute Men of '61
Co. B. Sixth Mass.

William H. Marden, vStoneham, Mass.

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Co. Iv. 6th Mass., Sergrt. Second Sharpshooter

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227

Samuel D. Rocers
Minute iSIen of '61
Sixth Massachusetts Regiment

Charles D. Moore

Minute Men of '61

Co. B. 6th Massachusetts Regiment

\\'ILLIA.M H. J()M;s. Sloiuhaiii. M;
Minute Men of '61
Co. I<, 6th Mass. Regt.

WiLLLVM CoNXOK. Worcester, Ma.ss.

Minvite Men of '61

6th Mass. 25th Mass. and 1st Mass. Cav.

228

Minute Men of '61

(liLMAN S. HosMEK, I^akc Creek Oregon

Minute Men of '61

Co.E, Sixth Massachusetts Regiment

James Keenan, Stoneham, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. L,. 6th Mass., also 5th Mass. 100 days.

Thaddeus p. Tuttle, I,awrence, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Sixth Massachusetts Regiment

Thomas Gibson, Groton, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. B, 6th Massachusetts Regiment

THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES ACCOMPANINYG LTHE
INDIVIDUAL PICTURES, WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, HAVE
BEEN FURNISHED BY THE PERSONS THEMSELVES.

Eighth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of Y)l

Upon the leorganization of the Mili-
tia of the Commonwealth in 1855, the
following companies were designated as
the Eighth Regiment of Infantry:

Company A, Newburyport, organized
1775; Company B, Marblehead, organ-
ized 1825; Company C, Marblehead, or-
ganized 1809; Company D, Lynn, organ-
ized, 1852; Company E, Beverly, organ-
izer 1814; Company F, Lynn, organized
1852; Company G, Gloucester, organ-
ized 1852; Company H, Marblehead, or-
ganized 1852, and Frederick Jones Cof-
fin of Newburyport was elected Colonel.

The Regiment performed all duties
required, always maintaining a high
standard of efficiency, and was noted
for its large percentage of attendance
on all tours of duty for the years inter-
vening from its organization until called
into service of the United States in
1861. At the call of President Lincoln,
April 15, 1861, for troops for the pro-
tection of the Capitol at Washington,
orders were issued from State head-
quarters for certain organizations to re-
port in Boston the next day. The Regi-
ment responded promptly; every com-
pany reported in good time, Company C
being the first company in the State to
reach Faneuil Hall, followed immediate-
ly by Company H,^ — both companies
from Marblehead.

Colonel Coffin having resigned some
months' previously, an election to fill
the vacancy was held April 17, result-
ing in the election of Lieutenant-
Colonel Timothy Munroe as Colonel;
Adjutant Edward W. Hinks as Lieuten-
ant-Colonel; and Lieutenant Andrew El-
well of Company G, as Major.

The Regimental organization in the
State Militia, consisting of but eight
companies, in order to conform to the

organization of the regular establish-
ment. Company A, Seventh Regiment,
Salem, organized in 1805, was assigned
to the Regiment as Company J; and
Company A, First Battalion of Infantry,
Pittsfield, organized in 1860, was as-
signed to the Regiment as Company K.

The departure of the Regiment for
Washington was delayed by the desire
of the Governor to fuinish the Regi-
ment with overcoats, haversacks and
knapsacks until April IS, on the after-
noon of which day they proceeded to
the State House and received the Regi-
mental colors from the hands of the
Governor, who addressed the Regiment
very eloquently in presenting the same,
and was responded to by Colonel Mun-
roe. General Butler, who was to accom-
pany the Regiment to Washington, also
spoke in fitting and patriotic terms.

The Regiment left Boston late in the
afternoon of April 18th, via Worcester
Railroad. From the leaving of the com-
panies from their liomes to the depar-
ture of the Regiment from Philadelphia,
the excitement and enthusiasm of the
people along the entire route was in-
tense. At the depot in Boston, thou-
sands of people congregated to see thera
off, crowding every avenue of its ap-
proach. At Worcester, a great multi-
tude assembled to welcome the Regi-
ment, and to encourage with their
cheers and shouts the officers and men
in the performance of this patriotic
duty. At Si)ringfield they received a
grand ovation. Fully five thousand peo-
ple had assembled, including military
and fire companies. Although it was
quite late in the evening when the
train arrived, the Regiment was ush-
ered into the city amid the ringing of
bells, the blazing of bonfires, firing of

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cannon, and the inspiring music of tlie
bands.

New York was reached at 6 a.m., and
after breakfast at the Astor House and
at the LaForge House, the Regiment,
attended by immense throngs, proceed-
ed to Jersey City, where A. W. Gris-
wold. a former resident of Boston, pre-
sented it with a magnificent silk Ameri-
can flag. The passage through New
Jersey was but a repetition of what had
been witnessed since leaving home; but
on arriving at Philadelphia on the even-
ing of April 19, the news that the Sixth
Massachusetts had been attacked in
Baltimore, and compelled to fight its
way through the city, gave new energy
and enthusiasm to the men, and made
them more eager to reach their destina-
tion.

The reception of the troops here was
more exciting than any they had yet ex-
perienced. The crowds were so dense
that the Regiment could scarcely march
through the broad streets. Supper was
furnished at the Continental Hotel, and
quarters at the Girard House, and
active preparations were made for push-
ing on to Baltimore.

A corps of Sappers and Miners, con-
sisting of about forty men, under Lieu-
tenant Thomas H. Berry of Company
D, was detailed and supplied with axes,
picks, shovels, crowbars, etc., for the
purpose of removing barricades or other
obstructions in the streets.

At about noon of the twentieth, the
Regiment took the cars (as they sup-
posed) for Baltimore. When within a
short distance of Perryville, the Regi-
ment disembarked, and with Companies
J and K, and the Sappers and Miners
taking the advance, moved forward to
seize the steamer "Maryland," the
large ferry boat used to convey railroad
trains across the Susquehanna River, as
it was reported that one thousand six
hundred men from Baltimore were in
possession of the boat ready to dispute
the passage of the Regiment, as they
had the Philadelphia men the day be-
fore. On arrival at the boat, no oppo-

sition having developed, the Regiment
took possession and immediately occu-
pied the same.

The excitement of the people of Bal-
timore at this time was intense. At a
large meeting of citizens held the pre-
vious evening, the passage of Northern
troops was denounced, and a promise
was exacted from the President of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad that no
troops should be sent through Balti-
more, many of the people believing that
in retaliation for the attack on the Sixth
Regiment their city would be destroyed.

It having been deemed best to pro-
ceed to Washington via Annapolis, the
steamer started down the river, arriv-
ing off Annapolis before daybreak of
April 21. Here was found the frigate
"Constitution," insufficiently manned,
and believed to be in danger from cap-
ture by the enemies of our country.
Captain Blake, her commander, having
made preparations to blow her up, if
unable to prevent her falling into the
hands of the enemy, having a sailor
stationed at the magazine, containing
sixty thousand pounds of powder, with
a slow match ready to apply at a mo-
ment's notice.

General Butler immediately proceed-
ed to anticipate the treasonable designs
of the secessionists by assisting the
Navy in removing the frigate to a place
of safety. The Sappers and Miners,
with other details from the Regiment,
were put on board the frigate to assist
in getting her ready for sea, and Com-
panies J and K were detailed to protect
her from attack. Company K was re-
lieved from duty on the "Constitution,"
April 22, and hurriedly sent on a tug to
re-enforce the garrison at Fort Mc-
Henry, Baltimore Harbor, as fears of an
prevent capture; they took possession
attack were entertained. When within
a few miles of the fort they found the
United States ship "Alleghany" at her
moorings without a sufficient crew to
of the steamer and placed her under
the guns of Fort McHenry. They re-
mained at the fort until May 16, when

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233

they rejoined the Regiment. Company
J remained with the frigate until her
arrival in New York Harbor, and with
the Sappers and Miners rejoined the
Regiment at Washington, May 8.

Before the Regiment was landed, in
endeavoring to tow the "Constitution"
into deep water, both the "Maryland"
and the "Constitution" went aground.
It was believed, at the time, this trouble
was due to the treachery of the pilot,
hoping by the delay thus caused that
the regiment, as well as the "Consti-
tution," would be captured by secession
steamers from Baltimore. It was also
rumored that the rebels were assem-
bling in the neighboring country and an
attack from the shore was expected at
any moment. This, probably, was true,
as the regiment, while on the march to
the Junction, frequently saw squads of
mounted men in the distance.

Neither vessel was floated until the
morning of April 23, when the steam-
ship "Boston," which had brought the
Seventh New York Regiment from
Philadelphia, towed both into the
stream. The Regiment was then landed
at the Naval Academy Grounds, against
the protests of the Governor of Mary-
land and the Mayor of Annapolis, hav-
ing been cramped up on the steamer for
sixty-four hours, with but little to eat
and without water, until supplied on
Monday, the 22d, with hard bread and
salt pork, both stamped 1848, the year
they were purchased. The salt pork
had to be eaten raw or not at all, as
there was no means of cooking it.
Water was supplied later in the day,
and by soaking the bread in water it
could be eaten by the regiment.

Immediately after the landing at An-
napolis, Company C, Captain Mai'tin,
and Company D, Captain Newhall, un-
der command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Hinks, were ordered forward to seize
the station and rolling stock of the An-
napolis and Elk Ridge Railroad, which
was effected with some opposition but
without much trouble. An inventory of
the property seized w^as at once made

and forwaided to General Butler, whose
headquarters were at the Naval Acad-
emy. The only locomotive at the station
was found to be disabled, and details
were immediately made to repair it.
One of the men detailed, — Charles Ho-
mans of Comiiany E, — discovered that
he had assisted in building it. He had
but little difficulty in putting the engine
in running order before night, and was
installed as engineer with Lieutenant
Gamaliel Hodges of Company A as su-
perintendent of the road.

Company C advanced on the railroad
several miles and found the track torn
up in several places, falling back at
dark to a corn field within a mile of the
station, where they remained all night,
resuming the advance next morning.

The situation, both here and at the
railroad station at Annapolis, during the
night was most exciting, and little sleep
could be had at either place. Although
no attack was made, occasional reports
of guns were heard, which kept the
troops constantly on the alert. In the
afternoon or early evening, the garrison
at the station was re-enforced by a de-
tail under command of Lieutenant Low
of Company G.

Next morning, Wednesday, April 24,
the Regiment left Annapolis for the
Jimction. Their progress was slow, and
delayed by halts to repair and relay the
track, which had been torn up, and to
rebuild bridges, destroyed to prevent
the passage of the troops. This was ac-
complished with much difficulty, for
while there were men in the Regiment
who understood the work, rails had
been carried away or secreted to make
the work of destruction complete. One
rail, an odd length, had been thrown in-
to a creek, and Private Frank Pierce of
Company C, who found it by diving,
made a rope fast to it by which it was
recovered. All this labor was per-
formed on the twenty-fourth, on an in-
tensely hot day, with nothing to eat
from early morn until nearly dark,
when the Seventh New York Regiment
kindlv shared what little they had in

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the way of eatables with their less for-
tunate brothers of the Eighth Massachu-
setts.

Meanwhile, the anxiety in Washing-
ton was intense, the necessity for
troops was great, as an attack was mo-
mentarily expected. Communication
with the Noith was cut off, and while
the Eighth was expected via Annapolis,
the cause of the delay was not known.

The troops pushed on during the
night, and reached the never-to-be-for-
gotten Annapolis Junction at dawn of
the twenty-fifth. Here the men, thor-
oughly exhausted, dropped asleep as if
they had been shot, awaking to find
themselves suffering terribly with hun-
ger, but little food could be obtained, as
about all the food there had been in the
sparsely-settled territory had been car-
ried off by the inhabitants who had fled
at the approach of the troops, and onlj
a few of the men were able to get any-
thing to eat.

At Annapolis most of the people
were in sympathy with the South, and
the few Union men there were over-
awed and dejected. A complete reign
of terror dominated the little city.
Many of the citizens had fled, and those
that remained, even when loyal, locked
up their sympathies as well as their
stores, and refused to give or sell any-
thing; although at best there could not
have been much of a supply in the
place. It seems almost incredible that
such difficulties could be encountered
within twenty miles of the Capitol of
the Nation.

At noon, Friday, April 26, the Regi-
ment reached Washington and, passing
in review before President Lincoln, pro-
ceeded to their quarters in the rotunda
and House of Representatives at the
Capitol.

We quote from the ''National Intelli-
gencer" of the next day, "We doubt
whether any other single Regiment in
the country could furnish such a ready
contingent to reconstruct a steam en-
gine, lay a railway track and bend the
sails of a man-of-war."

Before leaving Philadelphia, what was
considered a sufficient supply of food to
last until the regiment should arrive at
Washington was taken. Three days
however, elapsed before it landed at
Annapolis, and nearly four days more
before it reached Washington, eight
days after leaving Boston. Even after
arriving ^t Washington, the Commis-
sary Department was found to be in-
efficient, and the men were on short
allowance for a number of days. The
supply of food was finally made ample,
but not until the New York Seventh
Regiment, then quartered in another
part of the building, had again shown
their generosity by providing a bounte-
ous repast at their own expense, which
act of unexpected hospitality was ap-
propriately acknowledged by the
Eighth.

On April 27, the attention of Presi-
dent Lincoln was called to the condi-
tion of the uniforms of the Regiment,
which the rough usage of the few days
past had rendered unfit for further ser-
vice, with the request that the men be
supplied with fatigue uniforms similar
to those worn by the regular army.

Answer was immediately received as
follows:

Executive Mansion, April 27, 1861.
COLONEL TIMOTHY MUNROE,

Commanding Eight Regiment, M.V.M.,
Sir: —

Yours of this day, in regard to fatigue
dress for your command, has been re-
ceived and sent to the War Department,
with the expression of my wish that
your request be complied with.

Allow me now to express to you, and
through you to the officers and men un-
der your command, my sincere thanks
for your zeal, energy and gallantry, and
especially for the great efficiency in
opening up the communication between
the North and this city, displayed by
you and them.

Yours truly.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

The uniforms, which consisted of blue

blouses, trousers and forage caps, were
issued to the men within a few days.
April 30, the Regiment was mustered

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235

into the service of the United States by
Major Irving McDowell, U.S.A.

May 14, the Regiment was ordered to
the Relay House, about nine miles from
Baltimore. Here the B. & O. R. R., then
the only direct northern communication
with "Washington, passed over a mas-
sive stone viaduct, the destruction of
which, in the absence of a vigilant
guard, might easily have been accom-
plished, and have proved a serious in-
convenience to the government. While
the Regiment remained at this station
scarcely a day passed but from three
thousand to five thousand troops were
carried over the road to Washington
Night alarms were frequent, but the
Regiment was always prompt in re-
sponding to the summons of the "long
roll."

Colonel Munroe resigned May 15, on
account of disability, and on May 16,
Lieutenant-Colonel Hinks was promoted
Colonel, Major Elwell was promoted
Lieutenant Colonel and Major Ben Per-
ley Poore was chosen Major.

June 20, the Regiment received a
magnificent silk flag from the lady
friends of the New York Seventh.

June 27, the right wing of the
Regiment was ordered to Baltimore, the
left wing doing double guard and
picket duty.

July 2, the right wing went to the
eastern shore of Maryland and cap-
tured Captain Tilghman, a noted seces-
sionist and commander of a mixed bat-
talion of infantry and cavalry, and
placed him in confinement in Fort
McHenry.

July 3, the left wing was ordered to
Baltimore and encamped in Stuart's
Woods, in the westerly suburbs of the
city, where they were joined by the
right wing on their return from the
eastern shore the same evening.

July 4, the Manchester Comet Band
joined the regiment for the remainder
of its term of service, the expense of its
services being borne by the officers and
men.

July 5, a garrison flag from the ladies

of Lynn was presented to the Rei^iment,
and later, another handsome silk flag
was presented by the loyal citizens of
Baltimore, making the fourth flag pre-
sented the regiment since leaving Bos-
ton. Company F of Lynn was also a
recipient of a silk American flag from
some of its friends in Baltimore.

July 21, the day of the defeat of our
forces at the first battle of Bull Run,
the Regiment expressed their willing-
ness to remain in service after the ex-
piration of its term of enlistment in
case the Government desired it.

July 29, at about midnight, the Regi-
ment struck camp for Massachusetts,
being cordially saluted by the people
on its way to the cars. Arrived at Jer-
sey City at about midnight, July 30, re-
mained in the depot until the next
morning at seven. Arriving at New
York it was met at Cortland Street by a
committee of the "Sons of Massachu-
setts," and escorted to the Park Bar-
racks, where a substantial repast was
provided, after which, under escort of
the New York Seventh Regiment, the
First Chasseurs and the "Sons of
Massachusetts," it marched up Broad-
way to Madison Square. There it was
once more hospitably entertained by the
New York Seventh, after which the
march was resumed for the East River,
where, amid the hearty adieus of the
companions of their march to Annapolis
Junction, and the cheers of the crowd,
it embarked on the steamer, "Bay
State," for Fall River, arriving at that
city the next morning. There it en-
joyed a substantial breakfast which the
generous thoughtfiilness of the citizens
had provided, and left for Boston,
where it arrived at about noon. Aus?-
ust 1.

At the depot, the congratulations of
the friends, gathered there to welcome
the return of the regiment, caused
quite a delay in the formation, and
made the military reception which
awaited them, seem of little importance.
Escorted by the Second Battalion of In-
fantry, the Regiment proceeded to the

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Common amid the cheering of the
crowds that thronged the line of march.
After partaking of a lunch, provided by
the city, the Regiment executed various
battalion movements which were en-
thusiastically applauded by the assem-
bled thousands. Having passed in re-
view before Major Wightman, and lis-
tening to the farewell address of its
Commander, it was mustered out of
service, and the • companies departed
for their homes, where in every city
and town, amid the ringing of bells and
the firing of cannon, each was heartily
welcomed.

In addition to the great service ren-
dered the country in opening up the
route to Washington via Annapolis and
saving the "Constitution" from capture,
the Eighth Regiment acquired great
proficiency in drill, furnished instruc-
tors for other organizations, did much
guard and picket duty, and was the
means of preventing large amounts of
stores, supplies and ammunition from
being sent into the South from Balti-
more. It is only justice to say that
these services were of inestimable value
to the Union.

The men, almost at a moment's warn-
ing, had left their families unprovided
for and their affairs unarranged, trust-
ing to the patriotic humanity of their
fellow citizens and of the State, to
make all needful provisions for any im-
mediate or final contingency. They had
started in the midst of a pelting storm
for the first rendezvous, not even prop-
erly clad, and thence, not properly
equipped, had pushed forward on their
perilous errand.

It is true they did not have, as they
expected, an opportunity of meeting the
enemy, although they evinced every dis-
position to do so, but in the faithful
performance of many active and re-
sponsible duties required of them, they
rendered the cause most effective ser-
vice, and are worthy of an honorable
page in their country's history.

Congress was not unmindful of their
services. On July 30, 1861, the House

of Representatives passed the following
resolution:

"Resolved, That the thanks of this
House are hereby presented to the
Eighth Regiment of Massachusetts Vol-
unteer Militia for their alacrity in re-
sponding to the call of the President,
and for the energy and patriotism dis-
played by them in surmounting obsta-
cles upon sea and land, when traitors
had interposed to impede their prog-
ress to the defence of the National
Capitol."

The Massachusetts men of April, 1775,
rushed to Lexington to dispute the prog-
ress of the invader, and, if possible, to
drive him from their soil. The Massa-
chusetts men of April, 1861, poorly
equipped, left that soil and rushed for-
ward, through a hostile State, to the re-
lief of the distant, threatened and be-
leaguered Capitol, and the work of the
men of 1861 saved it when shadows,
clouds and darkness hung over it.

To other Massachusetts Regiments is
due the honor of having sealed with
their blood their devotion to their coun-
try duiing their three months' term of
service at the outbreak of the rebellion,
but while it was not the fortune of the
Eighth to be thus honored, to it will
ever be ascribed the honor of having
opened a route and provided a way for
other troops to respond promptly to the
call of the President, securing the safe-
ty of the National Capitol, and allay-
ing the fears of the Government, be-
sides saving from possible loss, the
frigate "Constitution," and the "Old
Ironsides" of the War of 1812.

Many of the officers and men imme-
diately re-entered the service, and a
large number became officers of high
rank.

The Regiment, notwithstanding con-
stant depletion by officers and men
leaving for the field in other organiza-
tions, kept up its organization and
served with credit for nine months in
1862 and 1863 with nine hundred and
eighty-four officers and men under com-
mand of Colonel Frederick J. Cofiin,
and for one hundred days in 1864 with
nine hundred and thirteen officers and
men under command of Colonel Benja-
min F. Peach, Jr., who served as First
Sergeant of Company C in the three
months' campaign.

GEN. BENJAMIN F. PEACH.

Minute Men of '61 237

Eighth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minue Men of '61

FIEI,D AND STAFF

Colonel, Timothy MoxKoi';, Lynn.

* Colonel, Edward W. Hinks, Lynn.

'^Lieutenant-Colonel, Andrew Elweli,, Gloucester.

Major, Benjamin PerlEy Poore, Newburyport.

* Adjutant, George Creasey. Newburyport.

Quartermaster , E. Alfred Ingalls, Lynn.

Paymaster, Roland G. Usher, Lynn.

Surgeon, Bowman B. Breed, Lynn.

Assistant Surgeon, Warren Tapley, Lynn.

Chaplain, Gilbert Haven, Maiden.

* Sergeant Major, Johij Goodwin, Jr., Marblehead.

Quartermaster Sergeant, Hor.\ce E. Monroe, Lynn.

Drum Major, Samuel Roads, Marblehead.

Roster Co. A. :^ighth Massachusetts Bartlett, Moses C

Regiment, Minute Men of '61 Bicknell, Emerson Chelsea

(Gushing Guards.)

Bixby, Thomas Lowell

Organized in 1775, and in 1S52 as- Blaisdell, James B Stoneham

sumed the name they now bear. At *Burgess, Charles W Lowell

4.30 p.m., on April 15, 1861, received *Burrows, John A..

orders to report as soon as possible at ^utts, John G Newburyport

headquarters in Boston. At twelve *Cavenaugh, William D

o'clock the next day, in a heavy storm, Cilley, Edward A

marched to the depot and took cars for Clarkson, Jacob G

Boston, and on arrival went to Faneuil *Cook, William H

jjg^jj Crocker, Benjamin Boston

*Cushing, John P Scituate

Albert W. Bartlett, Capt. . .Newburyport j^^^j^^ Alexander Boston

*George Barker, 1st Lieut Dodge, Richard S Newburyport

Gamaliel Hodges, 2nd Lieut *Dodge, William H

Nathan W. Collins, 3d Lieut *Dow, Zacheus

Edward L. Noyes, 4th Lieut. . .Lawrence Dwyer, William T

*Sam'l Baxter, 1st Lieut.. .Newburyport Eames, Evander R Boston

*Thomas E. Marshall, Sergt Ewin, John M Newburyport

*John C. Lang, Sergt Fay, Abraham Worcester

Stephen D. Gardiner, Sergt *Farrill, John Newburyport

John S. Frost, Corp *Felch, William H

Sanford W. Grant, Corp *Flagg, Frank E Boston

Joseph C. Batchelder, Corp *Flye, Daniel Saugus

Joseph L. Johnson, Corp Foot, John H Boston

♦Ambrose, John B *Forbes, William C Newburyport

*Barlow, Joseph *

Bartlett, Horace W *Re-eniisted

238

Minute Men of '61

Frost, George

*Giles, Nathan R

Giddings, William H

*Goodwin, Stephen H

Gray, Henry D Portsmouth, N. H.

*GunniSon, Prank H Newburyport

*HalI, Frank L

Harvey, Solomon H Georgetown

Hines, James G Newburypoil

Hicken, Edward F

Holbrook, Charles H Boston

*Hudson, James L Newburyport

* Jewett, Joseph H

*Kezar, Samuel, Jr

*Kirkwood, Hugh G

Lang, Thomas E

*Littlefield, David M Lowell

*Martin, Henry Newburyport

*Marsh, Clarence J

*Merrill, John A

Mellor, James W

Morrison, Charles P..

*Neal, Alonzo M

Paddock, James M. . . .

*Perley, John L

*Pearson, Samuel . . .

*Rines, Jason S

*Ross, Gayton O

Sargent, Luther F. . . .
*Seaver, Frederick . .
Shackford, David . . .

*Shaw, Joseph A

*Sterling, William S..
*Van Moll, Richard A.

Watson, Martin

*Woodwell, Caleb S...
Young, Thomas C. . . .

*Re-enlisted

Minute Men of '61 239

Company B, Eighth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of Y)l

(Lafayette Guards.)

Organized in 1S25. Orders were re- Clark, John W Marblehead

ceived by the Marblehead companies at Cloutman, Benjamin L

five o'clock on the afternoon of April Connor, Jeremiah

15, 1861, to appear in Boston the next Daly, Thomas

day. Notwithstanding the brief notice, Doyle, John

the call met with a willing and ready Donovan, John

response, and the companies left town Druchan, Patrick

early the next morning, and were the Ellsworth, Thomas

first companies which arrived in Bos- Ellsworth, James, Jr

ton on April 16. Fay, John

Grieve, Robert

Richard Phillips, Capt Marblehead Gertz William H

Abiel S. Roads, Jr., 1st Lieut Goldsmith, Richard

William S. Roads, 2nd Lieut Hennessey, Michael

William Cash, 3d Lieut Hunt, William

Benjamin L. Mitchell, 1st Sergt Humbey, William Boston

Edward B. Smethurst, Sergt Xourse. George W Marblehead

Joseph Savory, Sergt Lemmon, William B

Benjamin H. Rogers, Sergt Manning, Peter

Aaron Bradley, Corp McClearn, Stuart F

John H. Stevens, Corp Newcomb, Joseph Lynn

William H. Snow, 2nd Corp ^'o^^'^e, George W Marblehead

Joseph H. Phillips, Corp Oliver, Thomas

Philip W. Symonds, Musician

Peach, James

Perry, John

Bartlett, Joseph Roxbury Phillips, Bemjamin H.

Barrett, Richard Marblehead Phillips, Samuel K...

Bassett, Matthew T Phillips, Samuel H...

Berry, John Powers, Joseph P. . . .

Bradley, John Rhodes, George

Brown, James, 2nd Snellings, Joseph . . . .

Burke, William F Snellings, Samuel . . .

Chase, Benjamin W. R Stevens, George D. . . .

Chapman, Joseph R., 2nd Towle, Charles T

Clarendon, James A Lawrence Tucker, Darby

240 Minute Men oe '61

Company C, Eighth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Sutton Light Infantry.)

This company was organized in 1809 Devitt, Tliomas E

as the old Marblehead Light Infantry, Doe, Charles W

and in 1851 it was reorganized and Doliber, Nathaniel P

called the Sutton Light Guards. Re- Edwards, Charles W

ceived orders at five o'clock on the Dutcher, William W

afternoon of April 15, 1861, and left Falvey, Andrew

town for Boston the next morning with Falvey, John

the other Marblehead companies. Gillej% William L

Gilbert, Thomas G

^^ , , ,,. ,^ , . ^ , , Grant, Richard T

Knott V. Martin, Capt Marblehead ^ ■.^,r■■,^■ /-.

Green, vVilliam C

Lorenzo F. Linnell, 1st Lieut Haskell Mark

John H. Haskell, 2nd Lieut Hawkes, William H

Benjamin F. Peach, Jr., 1st Sergt Holt, Lewis H

Benjamin J. Perick, Sergt Ireson, John H

William Goodwin, 3d Sergt Knight, Joseph S

Charles H. Howe, Sergt Knowland, William C

Joseph Cloutman, Corp Knowland, John H

William H. Ingalls, Corp Millett, John

William T. Peach, Corp aiitchell, Benjamin, 2nd

Philip T. Woodfin, Jr., Corp Morriss, Stephen D

Samuel Roads, Musician ^^«i^^^' Gamaliel H

Norcross, William O

Armstrong, Thomas Nourse, Frederick A

Bailey, James S., Jr Peachey, William

Besson, Philip, Jr Pepper, James T Boston

Bladder, William T Pierce, Frank Lynn

Blaney, Elias Russell, Richard F Marblehead

Blaney, William Russell, William O

Bliss, George H Smith, George A

Brooks, Melvin M Stever, Clark W

Brown, John H Stone, Theodore

Brown, William P., 2nd Walsh, Robert

Butler, Samuel Webb, William

Carroll, George H Lynn White, James F

Chapman, Thomas R Marblehead Winslow, Charles E

Gushing, Martin V. B Winslow, William H

Minute Men of '61 241

Company D, Eighth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Lj^nn Light Infantry.)

Chartered in May, 1852. The warn- Emereton, William W

ing to the members was begun at four Fales, Charles

p.m., April 15, 1861, and they were Foster, George W

ordered to appear at the armory at Foster, Samuel

seven o'clock that evening. Next morn- Foxcroft, George A., .Tr Boston

ing a little past ten o'clock they left the Foye, John Lynn

armory with seventy -three men and Fraser, Joshua H

marched to the depot and with Company Goodridge, Henry H

F took cars for Boston, and on arriving Hills, Edwin T

proceeded direct to Faneuil Hall. Hixon, E. Oswell

George T. Xewhall. Capt Lynn ^^^'^' Wheelwright

^^ „ . Jones, James E

Thomas H. Berry, 1st Lieut ^^ .^, ^ . , ,.

„,, . , „ ^ , „ , ^ Keith, Friend H

Elbridge Z. Saunderson, 2nd Lieut ^^ ,, _ _

^, , ° ,■ , .XX o , T ■ X Kelley, James D

Charles M. Merritt, 3d Lieut , . . . . ^^. , ,, ^ . . ^^

Kimball, Edwin H

William A. Fraser, 1st Sergt Kincaid. Alonzo

Henry C. Burrill, Sergt Lambert, Daniel

William H. Merritt, Sergt Lougee, John E

George E. Palmer, Sergt Macomber, Horatio E

Daniel Raymond, Corp Martin, John M

Henry C. Conner, Corp Merritt, George G

Thomas J. Pousland, Corp ; Mudgett, Isaac N

William H. Keene, Corp Newhall, Henry A

James 0. Clarrage, Musician Nichols, Nathan A

Alley, James D Noonan, Daniel

Andrews, Oscar D Oliver, Harrison

Atkinson, Charles O Oliver, Stephen A

Bailey, George W Patten, John B

Bartlett, Alonzo W Patten, Thomas P

Bates, Lewis H Peirce, Levi M

Berry, William H Reed. Samuel A

Besse, Francis E Remick, Samuel D

Carpenter, Henry A Sanborn, Joseph R

Caswell, William Smith, Frank M

Cilley, John W Sweetser, Charles H

Clement, Oscar H Tarr, John S

Coe, John T Trask. Israel A

Curtis, George Wentworth, Ruf us

Dudley, Alonzo G Whitney, Joseph A. P ^. • ■ • •

Elder, Josiah L Williams, J. Henry Boston

242

Minute Men of '61

Company E, Eighth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Beverly Light Infantry.)

COMPANY E, EIGHTH REGIMENT.
Organized in 1814. Upon the call of
the Governor January 4, 1861, a full
company immediately responded and
upon his order of April 1.5, wliich was
received on the evening of that date at
6.15 o'clock, seventy-four men met at
the armory at eight o'clock the next
morning, and reported in Boston at
twelve o'clock the same day.

Francis E. Porter, Capt Beverly

John W. Raymond, 1st Lieut

Eleazer Giles, 2d Lieut

Albert Wallis, 3rd Lieut

Moses S. Herrick, 4th Lieut

Henry P. Woodbury, 1st Sergt

Reuben Herrick, Jr., Sergt

Alfred Porter, Sergt

Benjamin F. Herrick, Sergt

Samuel Bell, Corp

Hugh J. Munsey, Corp

George R. Sands, Corp

John Low, Corp

George W. Tucker, Musician

Allen, Charles R

Andrews, William A

Blake, Jesse A

Blanchard, Andrew J

Blanchard, William H

Brown, James

Brown, Thomas D

Choate, William E

Cleaves, William A

Currier, Frederick A

Darling, Charles L Boston

Dean, John Beverly

Dennis, John H

Dennis, Leonard G

Dodge, Alonzo P

Dodge, Benjamin F

Ferguson, Cha.rles H

Friend, William A

Gaven, Thomas

Glidden, Ezra A

Goodridge, George H

Goodridge, Samuel, Jr Manchester

Gordon, Samuel Hallowell, Me.

Grant, William E Beverly

Hammond, Daniel W

Hale, Henry A

Haskell, Francis P Manchester

Hitchings, Josiah T Beverly

Holden, George C

Homans, Charles S

Larcom, Henry P

Lee, Samuel O

Lord, Charles A

Masury, John W

Meehan, Arthur

Mitchell, Charles W

Moses, John E

Mowett, George A

Neville, John

Obear, Edward H

Pedrick, Moses A

Pickett, George H

Piper, John F

Prince, Geo. W

Poland, William H. B

Rogers, Joseph S. S

Scott, Godfrey

Smith, Thomas J., Jr

Smith, William I

Stone, Joseph G

Story, Charles

Southwick, Edwin

Teague, William A

Trask, Amos B

Trask, Ebenezer

Wallis, Frederick A

Warren, William H

Warren, William W

Webber, Sherebiah S

Minute Men of '61

243

Company F. Eighth Massach assets Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(City Guards.)

At 3.30 o'clock on the afternoon of
April 15, 1861, Captain Hudson received
orders to appear with his company in
Boston at nine o'clock the next fore-
noon; at seven o'clock the armory was
filled with an eager and excited crowd,
eager to volunteer. At 10.45 the next
rooming, with Company D, they started
for Boston, and on arrival at once
marched to Faneuil Hall.

James Hudson, Jr., Capt Lynn

Edward A. Chandler, 1st Lieut

Henry Stone, 2nd Lieut

Matthias N. Snow, 3d Lieut

Henry H. Pike, 1st Sergt

George Watts, Sergt

.George E. Stone, Sergt

Timothy N. Newton, Sergt

James R. Downer, Corp

Joseph W. Johnson, Corp

Jeremiah Towiing, Corp

George W. Harris, Corp

Edward D. Clarrage, Musician

Alley, James E

Alley, Richard

Bailey, Samuel C

Barker, Patrick

Baxter, John B

Black, James O

Boynton, Benjamin P

Brown, Ezra W

Brown, James W

Brown, William B

Campbell. George Saugus

Chase, Charles H Lynn

Chase. John C

Cryon, Thomas

Colunall, William

Dalton, Frank S

Davenport, Charles

Davis, Newhall S

Dogherty, James B

Donnelly, James E

Edwards, George

Estes. Jacob S

Flanders, Augustus B

Foster, John H

Gilbert, John

Griffin, William H

Grover, Benjamin P.. .
Harraden, Charles O. ..

Harris, Edward

Hiller, Edward L

Hunnewell. Francis . .

Ingalls, Abner

Johnson, Nathaniel . . .

Johnson, Samuel

Kelley, Daniel W

Kimball, Josiah F

Kimball, Moses

Lake, Calvin H

Laborda, James S

Luscomb, Murray . . . .

Mahoney, Dennis

Martin, Robert P

McDavitt, William F..

Mellen, Andrew

Mead, Samuel

Moulton, Josiah F

Murray, James A

Newton, William S....

Norie. Alexander

Orr, Charles H

Owen, Josei)h

Pay ton. Thomas

Peabody. Benjamin W

Phillips. Daniel

Pike. William J

Pratt, Daniel S

Rand. Thomas B

Reed. Orison R

Reynolds. James W. . . .
Reynolds. Andrew T. ..

Rhodes, Isaac N

Rowe, George W

Rowe, William B

Sargent, Albert

Sargent, George W. .

Snow, Warren

Sparks, Urial

Swan, George W

Sweetser. George W. .

Taylor, Henry

Thompson, Samuel T.

Tufts, William H

Tutt. Benjamin

Webster. Samuel ....

White. George F

Wilson, William B

Young, Hugh

244

Minute Men of '61

Company G, Eighth Massachusetts Regiment
Minute Men of '61

(American Guard.)

Organized in 1788, and disbanded in
1849, and sprang into existence again
in 1852. Wlien the guns of Sumter
reverberated along tlie coast in April,
1861, and the sound struck the shores
of Cape Ann, it sent a tlirill into every
heart, and was increased by tlie order
received at five p.m., April 15, for the
Guard to appear in Boston the next
morning and start for the national cap-
ital, then in danger from traitors.

Addison Center, Capt Gloucester

David W. Lowe, 1st Lieut

Edward A. Storey, 2nd Lieut

Harry Clark, 3d Lieut

Stephen Rich, 1st Sergt

Alfred F. Tremain, Sergt

Westover Greenleaf, Sergt

William A. Marshall, Sergt

Samuel Fears, Sergt

Abraham Williams, Jr., Corp

George L. Fears, Corp

George Clark, 3d Corp

Adolph F. Lindberg, Corp

Allen, George E

Bushby, William

Carlton, George C

Carlton, William F

Carter, John S

Clark, Samuel L

Cookson, Edward

Daniels, Joseph A

Douglas, Johnathan

Friend, Solomon

Galvin, Michael A

Gardner, George D

Oilman, John E

Gove, William A

Gray, Charles H

Hall, Charles A

Haskell, Nathaniel . . . .

Hinsch, John ... I

Howe, Augustus M., Jr.
Jennison, Maverick M. .

Johnson, John W

Knights, Elias D., Jr. . .

Knights, Edward

Lovejoy, James W

Martin, John W

Matchett, Thomas

Millett, Arthur C

McKenney, William A..

Morey, Benjamin F

Murphy, Peter

Nye, Alonzo A

Ober, John P

Parker, John J

Peroni, Paulino

Phipps, Octavius

Robie, George F

Rowe, Edward

Shackleford, George . . .

Steele, Adrian

Stevens, Robert

Stevens, Charles L

Stokes, Frederick

Swift, Calvin W

Tarr, Samuel

Utpadel, Herman

Vincent, William

Walker, Henry ,

Williams, Henry

Williams, John

Witham, John W ,

Woodbury, Joseph W. .
Wonson, Jabez F

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245

Company H, Eighth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Glover Light Guards.)

Organized in 1852. Was named in
honor of General Glover, who crossed
the Delaware with Washington. Orders
were received at five o'clock on the af-
ternoon of April 15, 1861, to appear in
Boston the next day, and they left town
early the next morning and were among
the first companies to arrive April 16.

Francis Boardman, Capt. . . .Marblehead

Thomas Russell, 1st Lieut

Nicholas Bowden, 2nd Lieut

Joseph S. Caswell, 3d Lieut

Edmund Lewis, 1st Sergt

Isaac B. Wadden, Sergt

John T. Gebow, Sergt

William H. Martin, Sergt

David Burke, Corp

Archibald S. Dennis, Corp

William Smethurst, Corp

Benjamin A. Phillips, Corp

William H. Bartol, Musician

William H. Tucker, Musician

Aiken, Alfred

Alley, Jacob H

Bessom, William B

Boardman, Joseph F Boston

Brady, John Lowell

Burke, James Lynn

Calkin, Charles H

Clark, John W

Dacey, Timothy J Lowell

Felton, Robert P Marblehead

Girdler. Lewis

Goss, John R

Goss, AVilliam

Graves, John G

High, William F

Ireson, Thomas E

Joy, Henry Boston

Johiison, Theodore

Kane, James H

Magee, James Marblehead

Mason, Joseph

McMann, John T Boston

Mitchell, Michael Marblehead

Parrott. Joseph A Lynn

Peart, George H So. Danvers

Rhodes, Augustine, Jr Marblehead

Ryan, John

Scott, William

Sheriden, James

Snow, John

Sparhawk, Benjamin O

Southwick, Joseph P Lynn

SuUivHn, Marcus Saugus

Thayer, Charles G Natick

Tibbetts, George F Salem

Ward, Charles H Worcester

White, Augustus W Marblehead

Wooldridge, William

246

Minute Mkn of '61

Compan}^ J, Eighth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

The Salem Light Infantry, now desig-
nated as Company H, Eighth Regiment
Infantry, M.V.M., was organized in 180G.
The Charter was signed by His Excel-
lency Governor Caleb Strong, on Febru-
ary 22. The Organization was com-
pleted in May, when the action of the
Governor was confirmed by the Execu-
tive Council, and the first parade was
made under Captain John Saunders on
July 4.

The Company made a fine appearance
in its new uniform, which is thus de-
scribed: "Sliort blue coat, white cashi-
mere waistcoat and pantaloons, the coat
faced with superfine scarlet broadcloth,
with small, flat, double-gilt buttons, and
the button-holes ornamented with gold
vellum; blue straps on the shoulders
edged with red; skirts faced with scar-
let cashimere; the pockets to slant
with the fold of the coat; the skirts
and welts edged with red; four buttons
on eacli welt; the cuffs scarlet, with
four large gilt buttons."

"Pantaloons edged and seamed with
scarlet."

"Gaiters of black broadcloth with
buttons covered with the same and
edged with scarlet."

"Square-toed shoes."

"White cotton cambric handkerchief,
over which a black silk stock, tied be-
hind so as to cover three-fourths of the
handkerchief, leaving the upper part
bare."

"Plain shirt with plaited bosom, made
full."

"Grecian cap with brass crest, and
red hair falling down on the right side,
cap bound with scarlet, and a scarlet
bandeau to go round the cap, orna-
mented with gold cord, a black cockade,
yellow eagle, yellow button and gold

cord loop. In front of the cap, the let-
ters in cypher S.L.I."
. "The belt for the cartridge box and
bayonet of white leather."

"The cartridge box highly polished
and brass star in the centre."

"The canteen blue, edged with red,
the initials of the company on one side^
and the initials of the soldier's name
on the other."

"The knapsack of sealskin, with red
straps, and bound with red leather."

For commissioned officers: "Gold
epauletts, boots, side arms and sash."

Sergeants to wear a "gold lace knot
on the shoulder, and a hanger."

The Salem Gazette referred to their
first appearance in most complimen-
tary terms, and prophetically referred
to the possibilities "if ever called into
active service," now one hundred years
ago.

The Company answered the alarm
calls of "British landing on the neck"
during the War of 1812-15, and had a
section of artillery of two brass pieces,
"with twenty pike men to each gun."

It was the first volunteer company to
provide itself with an encampment, pur-
chasing the tents from a prize cargo
brought into Salem. This encampment
consisted of a Headquarters marquee,
circular in form, with a scalloped can-
vas fringe, bound with red under the
eaves, and surmounted with a gilt ball
with a staff fiying a burgee with a cir-
cle of stars enclosing the letters S.L.I.
on a blue field.

Two square tents, one the N.C.O., apd
the otlier used as a kitchen, and six
line "bell" tents, with a sod cloth
eighteen inches deep, each tent sur-
mounted with a ball. The tent poles
were blue, supporting a circular table.

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247

also painted blue, with elongated duck
camp stools in plenty.

In 1813 it banqueted Commodore
Bainbridge of the United States Frig-
ate Constitution at Hamilton Hall, when
a salute was fired from a full-rigged
model of the ship, which was suddenly
disclosed, at the announcement of the
toast, "The American Navy." This ship
is preserved in the Peabody Museum in
East India Marine Hall.

Soon after the War of 1812 it organ-
ized a band which it maintained for
twenty years.

In 1813 it took part in the funeral
obsequies of Captain Lawrence and
Lieutenant Ludlow, victims of the en-
counter between the Chesapeake and
the Shannon. Did escort duty at the
reception of the Marquis de Lafayette
in 1824, and paraded in a similar ca-
pacity on their visit to Salem of three
Presidents of the United States, viz.:
James Monroe in 1817, Andrew Jackson
in 1833, and James K. Polk in 1S47. In
the first instance, Shillaber street was
changed to Monroe street in honor of
the event. It also paraded at the
funeral ceremonies of tlie late Presi-
dents, William Henry Harrison in 1841,
and Zachary Taylor in 1850.

Previous to 1830, it packed its bag-
gage wagons, bivouacking from one to
three days on the road, at different
times, to inure itself to military duty,
visiting at different times Wenham,
Hamilton, Rowley, Ipswich, Newbury-
port, Newbury, Lynn, Danvers, Glouces-
ter. Beverly, Lowell, Andover, Medford,
Chelsea, Cambridge, Marblehead, New
Bedford, Boston and Providence, always
at its own expense.

More than once it marched to Boston,
notably at the fiftieth anniversary of
the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1825, and
again at the completion of the monu-
ment in 1844.

In 1833 it paraded in honor of the
visit to Salem of the Hon. Henry Clay,
and in 1834 at the great Whig dinner,
when Hon. Nathaniel Silsbee, Hon.
Rufus Choate, Hon. Daniel Webster and

Hon. Edward Everett were present.

Its fiftieth anniversary in 185.5 was
celebrated with grea't pomp, Capt.
James A. Farless being in command,
with Capt. Edward Lander (father of
Gen. Fred W. Lander) being in com-
mand of the past members, which in-
cluded representatives of the first fami-
lies of Salem.

It took up the Zouave drill in 1859,
under Capt. Arthur F. Devereux, re-
ceived and entertained the famous Ells-
worth Zouaves (pupils of Devereux in
Chicago), in 1860, and in April, 1861,
gave an exhibition drill in Mechanic
Hall before Governor John A. Andrew
and a number of distinguistied person-
ages, which was characterized as "a
marvel of precision and exactness."

April 18, 1861, it left for the seat of
wai', in response to President Lincoln's
first call for troops, in the highest
state of discipline and drill, and was
assigned as the right flank company of
Skirmishers, Company J, Eighth Massa-
chusetts Regiment, and was known
throughout the three months' campaign
as the "Salem Zouaves."

It was put aboard the United States
Frigate "Constitution" at Annapolis,
Md., by order of General Butler, April
21, 1861, and with the "Sappers and
Miners" went in her to New York, leav-
ing the frigate at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard, rejoining the Regiment per
steamer "Roanoke," and being the first
troops to reach Washington by water,
outsteaming her convoy, the "Cam-
bridge."

During the War of the Rebellion it
was three times mustered into the
United States service, first, as de-
scribed, under Capt. Arthur F. Dever-
eux in 1861, second, as Company A, Fif-
tieth Massachusetts Regiment, under
Capt. Geo. D. Putnam, in 1862-3, and
third as the Thirteenth Unattached
Company of Infantry under Capt. Robt.
W. Reeves, in 1864. It also reported
with full ranks in Boston, on the occa-
sion of "Banks" Retreat," in 1862.

Five other companies were raised by

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Minute Mb;n of '61

past members, as follows: Company A,
Twenty-third, Capt. E. A. P. Brewster;
Company F, Twenty-third, Capt. Geo.
M. Whipple; Company B, Twenty-
fourth, Capt. Geo. F. Austin; Company
F, Eleventh, Capt. John F. Devereux,
and Company H, Nineteenth, Capt.
Chas. U. Devereux.

Five of its members earned the right
to wear the star of a Brigadier, viz.:
Fred W. Lander, Arthur F. Devereux,
Charles L. Pierson, Charles F. Walcott
and Charles A. R. Dimon.

Of the seventy-two Salem Zouaves
who served during the three months'
first term, nearly all re-entered the serv-
ice, and by a singular coincidence
seventy-two commissions were issued to
its members before the war was over,
an average of one for each man.

Seven were killed in battle, one each
at South Mountain, Antietam, Fre^
ericksburg, Cedar Mountain, "Whitehall.
Spottsylvania and Petersburg. Many
others were wounded, some severely,
and some met death in rebel prisons.

It was represented by past members
in the Second, Seventh, Eighth, Elev-
enth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth,
Twenty-first, Twenty-third, Twenty-
fourth, Thirtieth, Thirty-third, Thirty-
fifth, Fortieth, Forty-first, Forty-eighth.
Fiftieth, Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth,
Fifty-ninth and Sixty-first Regiments,
and the Thirteenth Unattached Com-
pany of Massachusetts Infantry, First
and Second Companies Massachusetts
Sharpshooters, Fourth and Fifth Mass-
achusetts Light Batteries, First, Second
and Fourth Massachusetts Heavy Ar-
tillery, First and Third Massachusetts
Cavalry, First Massachusetts Battalion,
Twenty-sixth New York Frontier Caval-
ry, Second ( Union') Louisiana Infantry,
First North Carolina (Union) Volun-
teers, First and Seventh Iowa Infantry,
Eleventh Minnesota Infantry, Twelfth
Maine Infantry, Fourth Wisconsin In-
fantry, Seventh, Fifty-third and One
Hundred and Seventj^-eighth New York
Infantry, Sixth and Eleventh New

Hampshire Infantry, First United States
Volunteers (reconstructed rebels), Ul-
man's Brigade of Colored Troops, Ninth
Corps d'Afrique, Eighty-first Colored In-
fantry, Seventh Squadron Rhode Island
Cavalry, a Rhode Island Battery of
Light Artillery, First Louisiana En-
gineers, Texas Independent Cavalry,
Coast Defence Battalion, and the United
States Regulars.

Also in the Second, Fifth, Eighth,
Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth, Eighteenth,
Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-third,
Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth Army Corps,
the Engineers and Pontonier Corps,
Signal Corps, and the Adjutant Gener-
al's, Quartermaster General's and the
Commissary General's Departments of
the Army and in the Navy.

The Nineteenth Massachusetts Regi-
ment contained many officers and men
from the company, which furnished sev-
eral drill masters to this Regiment dur-
ing its organization at Lynnfield, all of
whom had graduated from the first
three months' service, and eight of
whom were subsequently commissioned
in the Regiment. A new company re-
cruited by Capt. Charles U. Devereux,
first sergeant of the Salem Zouaves,
was subsequently added to tlie Regi-
ment, adding many more. They shared
the hard service of this gallant Regi-
ment, were promoted, detailed or
wounded as shown by the following
summary:

Commissions received: One Colonel,
one Lieutenant-Colonel, one Major, five
Captains, seven First Lieutenants, five
Second Lieutenants, two Assistant Ad-
jutant Generals.

Non-commissioned officers: One Ser-
geant Major, one Color Sergeant, one
First Sergeant, five Sergeants and one
Corporal.

Details: Four Adjutants, one Assist-
ant Adjutant Genei'al, three Assistant
Infantry Generals and one Commissary
of Subsistence.

Of the five Captains, three were
wounded and two were killed, the Lieu-

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249

tenant Colonel, the Color Sergeant,
three Sergeants and one Corporal were
wounded, besides other casualties.

In the Twenty-third Regiment, two
Captains, three Lieutenants, five Ser-
geants, and four Corporals were grad-
uated from the Salem Zouaves, many
of whom v^•ere promoted and some
wounded.

The Twenty-fourth, upon its organiza-
tion, also had one Captain, three Ser-
geants and one Corporal from the com-
pany, all of whom were promoted, two
of the Sergeants receiving Captain's
commissions.

The Assistant Adjutant General,
Army of the Cumberland, also came
from its ranks, with individual repre-
sentatives in a surprising num.ber of
other organizations from other States,
as already narrated, the whole forming
a summary of service to the nation
which can hardly be excelled if equalled
by any other military organization.

There is hardly a battle from Bel-
mont to Gettysburg, from Fort Henry
and Shiloh to New Orleans, from Peters-
burg to Appomattox, where it was not
represented bj' a former member.

After the war, it resumed its place
in the militia.

In 1862 the Veteran Association was
organized under the command of Col.
George Peabody, composed of past mem-
bers, to fill the gap while the Company
was in the service of the United States,
which always paraded with full ranks
on the various home-comings of the
active Company, and rendered much
valuable service, individually and col-
lectively in many ways. It still main-
tains its organization and is in a flour-
ishing condition.

It formed part of the escort to Presi-
dent U. S. Grant in Boston in 1869, and
at the funeral escort to the remains of
the late George Peabody of London, at
Peabody, in 1870.

It took part in the observance of the
centennial ci the Battle of Bunker Hill,
in CharIesto-,\ n, in 1875, encamped in
Philadelphia during the Centennial Ex-

position in 1876, and formed a part of
the escort to Rutherford B. Hayes, Presi-

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dent of the United States, at Boston,
in 1877.

In ISSO its 7.5th Anniversary was cele-
brated in the usual elaborate manner,
including parade, reception, fireworks,
banquet and speeches, both the active
company and the veteran association
turning out in large numl)ers.

In 1889 it attended, with the Regi-
ment, the i!iaugural ceremonies of Presi-
dent Benjamin Harrison, at Washing-
ton.

In 1892, it paraded with other organ-
izations of the city, in celebration of the
four hundredth anniversary of the
Landing of Columbus, the Veteran As-
sociation under Maj. George M. Whip-
ple parading one hundred and seven
members.

In 1898 every member on its roll
was a qualified marksman, and was so
reported in the official report of the
Inspector General of Rifle Practice, for
that year, so that on the breaking out
of the Spanish War the same year, it
was in a high state of efficiency, and
was for the fourth time mustered into
the service of the. United States, return-
ing from Cuba under the command of
the son of a former commander, adding
foreign service to its record.

February 22, 190.5, it celebrated the
Centennial of the Charter by a banquet
at the Armory, with the liiayor and
other invited guests. On this occasion
a copy of the Charter was presented
to the Corps.

At the present writing, it returns
from its camp duty, from the manoeu-
vers at Westfield, Mass., including all
the troops of the State, with a detach-
ment of regular Infantry and Cavalry,
all under the command of Lieut. Gen.
Nelson A. Miles, U.S.A. (retired), with
merited honors under the present com-
mander, Capt. William H. Perry, who
took his fail complenient to camp, and
earned the distinction of being one of
the best companies on the field.

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Minute Men of '61

During the century just closed (1905),
it has furnished two adjutant generals
and two assistant adjutant generals of
the State, a treasurer and receiver gen-
eral, a member of the staff of three
Governors of the Commonwealth, a Sec-
retary of War, several members of the
general court, seven mayors of Salem,
one of Lawrence, one of Lowell, and its
members have illumined the Bench and
the Bar. It has won distinction in
both civil and military life, earned an
enviable reputation in peace and war,
and is to-day still in the harness of
active military duty, (1908), as one of
the best military companies for service,
in the commonwealth.

Arthur Forrester Devereux, Com-
mander of the Salem Zouaves, in April,
1861, died in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the
14th of February, 1906, at the age of
seventy years.

He was born in Salem in 1S38, and
v/as the son of George H. and Charlotte
Forrester Devereux. His father was
Adjutant General of Massachusetts
from 1848 to 1851, and from him the
son inherited his taste for military mat-
ters.

He married Miss Clara A. Rich of
Haverhill, Mass.

The subject of our sketch was edu-
cated in the schools of Salem, Harvard
College, and subsequently entered the
Military Academy of West Point, where
was laid the foundation of his military
training, which subsequently reflected
credit upon the nation, the State and
himself.

In 1854-5 he was in business in Chi-
cago with a young man named Elmer
Ellsworth, then imknown to fame, and
was also Adjutant of a Battalion of the
Illinois National Guard, commanded by
Major Simon Bolivar Buckner, after-
ward of Confederate fame, and later
Governor of Kentucky.

Ellsworth had enlisted a number of
young men, called the Chicago Cadets,
who were desirous of entering the Na-
tional Guard, and were admitted to
Bolivar's Battalion, on condition that

they put themselves under the tuition
of Adjutant Devereux.

In their back oihce on Sunday after-
noons, Devereux imparted to the en-
thusiastic Ellsworth those early in-
sti'uctions, which brought forth such
biilliant results later.

Devereux shortly after came East,
was elected to the command of the Sa-
lem Light Infantry, which his father had
commanded before him. In his speech
of acceptance, he referred to the Chi-
cago Company, and immediately com-
menced the work necessary to place the
Salem. Company on the same footing.

In 1860, when the now famous Chi-
cago Company were on their celebrated
competitive drill tour, they visited Sa-
lem for the sole purpose of visiting
their old friend Devereux. They were
received and entertained by the Salem
Light Infantry, including a breakfast at
the Devereux homestead.

Three days later Fort Sumter was
fired upon, and it was but natural that
this company should respond for duty to
President Lincoln's first call for troops.
They were at this time Company A of
the Seventh Regiment, M.V.M., but were
assigned as the right flank company of
the Eighth Regiment, and designated as
Company "J."

During the three months' campaign,
Captain Devereux made his mark, and
was selected by Colonel Hinks, Com-
mander of the Regiment, to be Lieuten-
ant Colonel of the Nineteenth Massa-
chusetts Volunteers for three years,
after the expiration of the three-months'
term.

All tactical matters were left by Col-
onel Hinks to Lieutenant-Colonel
Devereux, with a dozen of commissioned
and non-commissioned officers, who
went from the three-months' company
into the Nineteenth Regiment with him.

Fortune placed this Regiment in the
Third Brigade, and Second Division,
Second Army Corps, where it was kept
for four long years, participating in all
the battles of the Army of the Poto-
mac.

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251

Lieutenant-Colonel Devereux was de-
tailed in various special ways. At
Yorktown he built a signal tower of
logs, under the fire of the enemy, and
Tvas otherwise occupied in the erection
of the field w^orks at that place.

At Antietam he was wounded.

At Fredericksburg, under the enemy's
fire, lie ordered his men to lie down for
protection. A staff officer ordered hhn
to have his men stand up. Devereux
refused to obey, unless it was his su-
perior officer's orders. This order was
obtained; Devereux immediately gave
the order, "Attention." The Regiment
stood up, a galling fire was instantly
received by them, and the order was
again given to lie down, and the staff
officer rode away.

At a banquet some years afterw^ard.
3,11 of these officers met. The incident
was referred to, and the Staff Officer,
in a manly manner, said: "Colonel
Devereux, I wish to say in this pres-
ence, that you were right at that time,
and 1 was wrong."

At Gettysburg, when Pickett'?; charge
iDroke through our lines at the copse of
trees. General Hancock was riding near,
when Colonel Devereux called his at-
tention to the break, and asked if he
should move in there. The reply was
-quick and to the point. All the colors
of Armistead's Brigade were captured
at this point, and a copy of the receipt
for them to Colonel Devereux from
Colonel Norman J. Hall, commanding
the Brigade, is on file in the office of
the Adjutant General of Massachusetts,
having been forwarded by Colonel
Devereux, with his official report to
Adjutant-General William Schouler.
General Hancock's official report men-
tions the circumstances in plain, sol-
dierly and commendable words, to Colo-
nel Devereux's credit.

He was brevetted a Brigadier-Genei'al,
and after the war entered business in
Boston, later moved to New York, and
subsequently went West.

He was at one time Governor of the
Marion Branch of United States Homes

for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, which
was built under his supervision.

Latterly he moved to Cincinnati, and
was elected to the Ohio Legislature
from this place.

He was a man of strong individual-
ity, and had certain peculiarities which
were striking. His presence was felt.
Though somewhat of a lymphatic tem-
perament, he was quick in thought and
decided in action, and once feeling as-
sured that he was right, neither argu-
ment nor influence could change him.

Morally, he was intensely a man of
honor and sometimes stood alon-e, upon
his own merit, and the foundation of
his own sense of right "as God gave
him to see the right."

He was loyal to his superiors, fair to
his equals, and just to his subordinates.
He despised calumny, and any attempt
to injure another, by innuendo, misrep-
resentation or false charge, called forth
all the ire of his nature, and a wrong
once perpetrated, all the force of his
being was called into requisition to cor-
rect it, if in his power to do so, and if
not, his indignant protest was mani-
fested in no mistaken terms.

These qualities made him a leader, re-
spected by those whose mission it was
to follow him.

As a tactician he was clear-headed,
original, and commanded by his im-
pressive presence, even when his tongue
was silent. Discipline was innate in his
own make-up, and was transmitted nat-
urally, with little apparent effort, and
was correspondngly tenacious and en-
during, wherever he commanded.

4U through his life his heart re-
mained with those with whom he
served, though separated by a distance
of hundreds of miles, and a span of
years covering two-thirds of his life.
No gathering of his comrades occurred
within his knowledge, without bringing
his eloquent and heartfelt good cheer,
no matter how great the distance, and
his name and signature always acted
like a talisman.

When present he lived his life all

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•over again. He was fruitful in reminis-
cence, and freely and frankly opened up
his heart, especially during his youth,
and one hears from his own lips the
true version of the "white horse of Gore
Hall," while at Harvard, and of "Benny
Havens O!" at West Point, and discov-
ers that he took a hand in both.

He was a companion, most compan-
ionable, was fond of music and doted
on the "songs we used to sing." From
a martinet when on duty, as soon as the
line was broken, he called his boys
about him, and beseeched some one to
"strike up." The commanding Captain
Devereux and the lovable Arthur
Devereux were one and the same to
those who knew him best.

History will record him rightly as a
prominent figure in the nation's dark-
est hour, and many yet live who will
testify that to him they owe whatever
military knowledge and experience they
may possess, and he will be remein-
bered when many great lights of the
present day have been extinguished and
forgotten.

Roster Co. J, ^Right Massachusetts
Regiment. Minute of '61

(Salem Light Infantry, or Zouaves.)

Arthur P. Devereux, Capt Salem

George F. Austin, 1st Lieut

Ethan A. P. Brewster, 2nd Lieut

George U. Putnam, 3d Lieut

Charles U. Devereux, 1st Sergt

George W. Batchelder, Sergt

George C. Gray, Sergt

Charles S. Emmerton, Sergt

Alvan A. Evans, Corp

Charles F. Williams, Jr., Corp

John P. Reynolds, Jr., Corp

Archer, George N

Batchelder, Charles J

Brooks, .Joseph H

Brown. Albert W

Brown, Blbridge K

Bruce, Daniel, Jr So. Danvers

Carlton, John W Salem

Chappie, William F

Claflin, William H

Cobb, Leonard D So. Danvers

Crowinshield, Edward O. . . .Marblehead

Dalrymple, Simon O Salem

Dearborn, Charles A., Jr

Derby, Putnam T

Devereux, John F

Dimon, Charles A. R

Douglass, Albert C

Driver, William R Beverly

Field, Joseph W Salem

Fowler, William T

Hale, Henry A

Hall, Edward A

Hall, Henry S Boston

Hitchings, Abijah F

Hill, William A Salem

Hodges, John, Jr

Howard, Frank C

Lake, David G So. Danvers

Lakeman, John R Salem

Lewis, Albert H Maiden

Luscomb, Charles P Salem

Luscomb, George W

Mansfield, Charles H

Moody, Converse

Nichols, James W

Osgood, Edward T

Palmer, William L

Perkins, Joseph A

Plummer, Frank So. Danvers

Pratt, Edwin F Salem

Reeves, Robert W

Ross, J. Perrin

Ross, William H

Shaw, Cyrus P

Shackley, Moses So. Danvers

Smith, Albert P Salem

Smith, Frederick W

Smith, Samuel H

Stevens, Edward P

Stevens, George O

Stimpson, Edward S

Swasey, William R

Sweetland, Alonzo

Symonds, George B So. Danvers

Symonds, Henry

Thorndike, Albert Beverly

Upton, William B Salem

Ward, J. Langdon • . • .

Wiley, Sullivan J So. Danvers

Wiley, William F

Whittredge, Charles E Salem

Minute Men of '61 253

Compam^ K, Fourth Massachusetts Regiment,
Minute Men of '61

(Allen Guards.)

Organized in ISfiO. Within twenty- Harrington, William F

four hours after receiving notice, April, Hemminway, Elbert O

1861, this company was on its way to
Washington via Springfield.

Hemminway, Harrison

Hill, Simon Adams

Henry S. Briggs, Capt Pittsfield Hopkins, Chester W Pittsfield

Henry H. Richardson, Capt Hu^^hes. Daniel

Robert Bache, 1st Lieut Joyce, Thomas

Alonzo E. Goodrich, 2nd Lieut Jordan, Dwight

Daniel J. Dodge, 1st Sergt Lee, John M

Samuel M. Wardwell, Sergt Lloyd, Frank

Israel C. Weller, Sergt Marks, Constant R

Charles R. Strong, Sergt Melany. Anthony

„ , • 1 o -M r^^ . Mitchell, Wells B Adams

Frederick Smith, Corp ^^ ^.^^ „ , ,

„ ,. -□ , ^„ Mcintosh, Hobart H Pittsiield

Cornelius Burley, Corp

Albert Howe, Corp McKenna, James

John Wark. Corp McKenna, William .. ...

^, . ,, HT • • Montgomery, William H Adams

Edwm Merry, Musician '^ ■" ^.^^ ^ , ,

Montville, Mitchell Pittsfield

Atwood, Andrew J Nichols, Abraham J

Barnard, William E Oakley, Gilbert Hillsdale, N. Y.

Bassett, Almon F Powers. Richard Pittsfield

Bentley, Perry C Reed, George

Birge, Richard A Gt. Barrington Read, William D

Blinn, George Pittsfield Rockwell, William W

Blood, Clark D Lee Rouse, John T. D

Bonney, Harvey H Pittsfield Sampson, Orange S Huntington

Bonney, Nicholas Sedgwick, Irving Pittsfield

Booth, Dexter F Skinner, Frederick A

Burbank, George W Taylor, Charles H

Butler, Lafayette Van Loan, Lyman W

Clark, Charles B Adams vetter, Jacob

Clark, William H Pittsfield you^^ Abraham

Costello, William Whipple, Albert H

Davis, Charles H Whipple, Samuel P Cheshire

Dowd, John . . .' Adams whittelsey. Elihu B Pittsfield

Dodge, Emerson J Pittsfield wheeler, Richard Lee

Fuller, Andrew J Wood worth, Charles L Richmond

Garrett, William H. H Wood, Thaddeus Pittsfield

Goggin, James Wright, Theodore S

Greelis, Robert Young, Hiram Tyringham

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Gk:n. Hknjamin F. Peach. I<ynn, Miiss.

Minute Men of '61

Eighth Massachusetts Regiment

Benjamin F. Peach, Jr., was born in
Marblehead, Mass., October 17, 1839, and
was edticated in the public schools of that
town. He responded to the first call for
troops in April, 1861, and entered the ser-
vice of the t'nited States as First Sergeant
of Company C, Paghth M.V.M., the first
company that reported at the rendezvous
in Boston, April 16, 1861, in response to
the President's call for troops. He was
detailed as Post Adjutant upon the seizure
of the Annapolis railroad on the memor-
able march from Annapolis to Washing-
ton. Was detailed as one of the instrtict-
ors of the Fourth Wisconsin Regiment,
and for special dtity in other responsible

positions. Was promoted First L/ieuten-
ant of Company C, Eighth Infantry, early
in 1862, and Adjutant of the Regiment in
the same year. He served as Post Adju-
tant of New-Berne, N. 'C, in December,
1862, and as Assistant Adjtttant General of
the Second Brigade, F'iftli Division, Pvight-
eenth Army Corps, Februar\-, 1863. Was
promoted Colonel of the Kighth Massa-
chusetts Regiment, Jul\', 1864, then being
but about twenty-five years old.

He continued in command of the Regi-
ment after the close of the war, when he
was commissioned Brigadier-General, Sec-
ond Brigade, M.V.M. He was retired
with the rank of Major General.

Minute Men ok '61

\ViLi,iAM Hkxrv Kp:enk, Boston. Mass,

Minute Men of '61
Company D. Kisrhth Massacliusetts RcKinient

William Henry Keene, was born in New
York City, March 12, 1840. Left New
York in 1850 for Lynn, Mass.; had com-
mon school education. Was engaged as
Clerk until Civil War, when he enli.sted in
Company D, Eighth M.V.I., in 1861, and
went into "service with that Regiment for
first three months' campaign ; promoted to
Corporal, contiimed in miUtia and went on
nine months' campaign as Sergeant. Was
elected Second Lieutenant and went into

one hundred days' campaign. Resigned
f.-om militia February 28, 1868; engaged
in shoe manufacturing business. Resided
in Lynn, Mass., since 18.50.

Married in Lynn, :\Iass., February 5,
1873, to Susan Harriett, }Oungest daughter
of James M. Monroe of Lynn; had three
sons, two of whom are living, Faul INIonroe
Keene, Henry William Keene.

Eldest son, Joseph Davis Keene, died
June 17, 1902, age twenty-nine years.

256

Minute Men of '61

Samukl H. Smith, I'eabody, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Company J, Kighth :\Iassachusetts Regiment

^ Samuel H. Smith, Company J, Kighth
M. V. M., vSalem Zouaves, April 18, 1861.
Ordnance Sergeant Harper's Ferry, 1862,
Color'Sergeant, Nineteenth Massachusetts
Volunteers, 1862, .Signal .Sergeant Third
Brigade, Division Second Corps United
States Army. Great grandfather in the
Revolution and uncle was Colonel, part
of the battle of Monmouth was fought on
his farm. Had a grandfather as a Private
from Salem, Mass., 1812 to 1815. A
wound in the throat, June 25, 1861, near

Richmond, Va., caiised a partial loss of
voice. Joined G-A-R December 23, 1865,
Post 34, General Philip Sheridan, Salem,
Mass. Adjutant and Major, steamship,
"\'oda." Commander U-V-U United
States 1890. Carried the flag at the de-
parture of Company H, M.V^M., when
they left Salem for Spanish War 1898, also
Tenth Anniversary of Salem Light Infantr}'
in Salem, 1905, was Post .Sergeant, Post 37,
1867.

Minute Men of '61

Capt. Ju«iN p. Reynolds
Minute Men of '61
EiRhth Mass. Regt., 19th M;iss. Vols, and V,

John P. Reynolds, son of John Perkins
and Sarah Rebecca (Roberts) Reynolds,
was born in Salem, Mass., June 1, 1840,
and was educated in the schools of his
native city.

His paternal great grandfather. Vol en-
tine Reynolds, came to this country from
the parish of Gulval, Cornwall, Eng. , and
settled in Marblehead. During the Revo-
lutionary- War, he sailed in the I^etter-of-
Marque ship, " Argo," and was cast awa}-
in her, when she was wTecked in 1783, just

before peace was declared, hi:t survived
the disaster.

His maternal great grandfather, Elijah
Sanderson, was a member of Captain John
Parker's Company of Lexington Minute
Men, and on the evening of April 18, 1775,
the evening before the battle, volunteered
to watch the British officers, who rode into
Lexington from Boston, and remained
later than usual, thus exciting suspicion.
He followed them, mounted, to Lincoln,
when they turned on him, questioned him,

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and made him a prisoner, as they did Paul
Revere while on his midnight ride, both
being released at daylight, the British
officers becoming alar:ned at the general
uprising of the people.

His paternal and maternal grandfathers
both served in the war of 1812.

The subject of this sketch joined the
Salem Ivight Infantry, Companj' A,
Seventh Regiment, M.V.M., in 1859, and
was a memljer of it when it received the
famous Ellsworth's Zouaves of Chicago, in
Salem, in 1860. Captain Arthui; Forrester
Devereux, who commanded the Salem
Company, was the Godfather of the
Chicago Company, being Adjutant of
Simon Bolivar Buckner's Illinois Battal-
ion. Elmer Ellsworth was Devereux 's
business partner, and was drilled by the
latter, the Company being known as the
Chicago Cadets of Buckner's Battalion.

He entered the service of the United
S tates as Corporal of the Salem Zouaves,
as the Company was then known, April 18,
1861, which was attached to the Eighth
Massachusetts Regiment, as the right
flank company, and designated as Com-
pany J. He served through the first three
months' campaign, participating in the
removal of the United States frigate
"Constitution" from Annapolis, to the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, serving afterward
with the Regiment at Washington, D. C,
the Relay House and Baltimore, Md. , be-
ing detailed as drill master at different
times to the Eighth Massachusetts and the
Fourth Wisconsin Regiments. He was
mustered out with his company on Satur-
day, Avigustl , 1861, the Company receiving
a marked ovation on its return to Salem.

On Monday, August 3, 1861, he was one
of five selected from the Salem Zouaves as
drill master to the Nineteenth Massachu-
setts Volunteers, then rendezvousing at
Ivynnfield, and was mustered into ser-
vice with that Regiment as Second Ivieu-
tenant of Company D, August 28, 1861.
He was promoted to First Lieutenant in
Company G, November 29, 1861, served as
Adjutant until March, 1862, and was pro-
moted to Captain, Febiuary 27, 1863.

He participated in the battle of Ball's
Bluff, October 21 , 1861 ; in the peninsular
campaign, of the Armj' of the Potomac,

including the siege of Yorktown and the
battle of West Point, Fair Oaks, May 31
and June 1. Fair Oaks, June 25, Peach
Orchard, vSavage Station, White Oak
Swamp, Charles City Cross Roads, Glen-
dale (Nelson's Farm), Malvern Hill first,
and Malvern Hill second. Also in Pope's
campaign, serving at the battle of Chantilly
on the staff of the Third Brigade, Second
Division, vSecond Army Corps. At the
battle of Antietain he was twice severely
wounded, first by a bullet in the left ankle
joint, afterward by a piece of an artillery
shell in the right elbow joint ; favorably
mentioned in the report of his Regimental
Commander, and als6 in the report of Ad-
jutant General William Schouler of Massa-
chusetts, for the 3'ear 1862. He rejoined
his Regiment for duty at Falmouth, Va. ,
but his wounds still being open, he was
obliged to return per a Surgeon's certifi-
cate, stopping in New York en route to sub-
mit to an operation. He again rejoined his
Regiment at Mine Run, but was obliged to
resign on account of wounds, which became
permanent. He went to Washington, ap-
peared before a Board of Examination, and
was commissioned by Abraham Ivincoln a
Captain in the Veteran Reserve Corps,
originally organized as an appendage to the
regular establishment. Under the Com-
mission he served at Washington, D. C,
Detroit, Corunna and Kalamazoo, Mich. ,
and commanded the Post of New Alban}-,
Ind. , District of Indiana, Northern Depart-
ment, for more than a year, during the
troubles occasioned by the treasonable Or-
der of the Sons of Liberty, which disturbed
that section in 1864-5. He was finally
mustered out of service, June 30, 1866,
after a service of more than five years.

From 1868 to 1873, he commanded his
orginal Company, the Salem Light Infan-
try, now known as Company H, Eighth
Regiment M.V.M.

He was a charter member of Post 34,
Department of Massachusetts Grand Army
of the Republic in 1867, and was one of its
original officers. He served on the staff of
the Commander-in-Chief G-A-R in 1894,
and the staff of the Department Com-
mander of Massachusetts G-A-R In 1906,
and is a member of the staff Association of
the Commander-in-Chief. He is a member

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259

of the Massachusetts Commandery, Mili-
tary Order of the Ivoyal Legion of the
United States, and has been Secretar}- of
the Association of the Salem Zouaves since
its organization. He is a Past President
of the Eighth Massachusetts Veteran Asso-
ciation, a Past President of the Nineteenth
Massachusetts Regiment Association and
designed its badge and the Regimental
monument at Gettysburg. He is a Past
Major, Commanding Salem I^ight Infantry
Veteran Association, a Past Vice President
of the Second Army Corps Club, a member
of the Society of the Army of the Potomac.
He is a Past President of the Massachusetts
Minute Men Association made the design
of and wrote the legend for the Minute
Men's Association badge issued by the
Legislature of 1902, and has served as the
Toast Master at its banquets every year but
two since its organization in 1889. He is a
member of the Essex Club, and was its
Secretary for eight A-ears from 1900 to 1908
inclusive, is a member of the Essex Institute
of Salem, of the Patriaand Fredericksbi:rg
Clubs, and several other organizations.

He is the founder of Reynolds Escutcli- *
eons of Military and Naval Service, for ex-
pressing at a glance, on the ami}- (or
nav}') regulation principle, the record of
an officer, soldier or sailor, which was first
introduced in 1868.

Since 1883, he has hatl charge of the
appropriation accounts of the Military
Department, and of the propert}' accounts
of the M.V.M., together with the Govern-
ment accounts, in the office of the Adjutant
General of Massachusetts, to the present
time (1908).

William B. I,emmon, Marblehcad, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Sth Mass. Corp. 10th :\Iass. liattcry

William B. Lemmon was born in
Marblehead, Mass., October 18, 1841,
enlisted in Company B, Pvighth Regiment,
M.V.M., April 15, 1S61, for three months,
and was discharged August 1, 1861. He
again enlisted as Corporal in the Tenth
Massachusetts Battery August 16, 1862, to
serve three years, and was discharged
June 9, 1865, at Galloupe's Island, Bos-
ton, Mass., by reason of expiration of
term of service. The following li.st com-
prises the principle battles in Virginia in
which William B. Lemmon was engaged:
Auburn, Kelly's P'ord, Mine Run, Wilder-
ness, River Po, vSpottsylvania, North
Anna River, Tolopotomy Creek, Cold Har-
bor, Siege of Petersburg, Deep Bottom,
Reams Station, Boyaton Plank Road,
Hatche's Run, first and second Lee's re-
treat, and Lee's surrender.

He is a Mason and a member of Philan-
thropic Lodge, joining in 1864. He is.
also a comrade of John Goodwin, Jr., Post
82, G-A-R.

260

Minute Men of '61

Benjamin M. Alley. L,ynn, Mass. (deceased)

Minute Men of '61

2d Sth and 30th Mass. Vols.

Benjamin Alley was born in I^ynn, Mass. ,
Jnne 9, 182S. Enlisted in Company G,
Second Massachusetts Regiment, May 25,
1861. Served full term and mustered out
May 28, 1864, Enlisted in Company D,
Eighth Massachusetts Regiment for one
hundred days. Discharged by re-enlisting
in Thirtieth Massachusetts Regiment,
September 30, 1864; served until close cf
the war. Was in the Grand Review at
Washington, D. C, May, 1865. Full
time of service, four years. Died July 7,
1886. Always from the first membership.
General Lander Post 5,''G-A-R.

pR.'iNK M. Alley, I^^•ll^, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Sth and 23d Regts. Mass. Vols.

Frank M. Alley was born in Lynn,
Mass., January 10, 1837. On April 16,
1861, went into Boston to go with the
Eighth Regiment of Massachusetts, but
failing in that enlisted in Company C,
Twenty-Third M.V.M., October 19, 1861,
and served in Regiment Hospital and
General Hospital departments at New-
Berne, N. C; full service, nearly four
years. Mustered out July 18, 1865. Since
return home has been a very popular
undertaker in L3'nn, and is at present en-
gaged in same business. A member of
General Dander Post 5, G-A-R. The four
Alley comrades are brothers, the only sons
of John Alley, 4th, and Susan D. Alley.

Minute Mkn of '61

261

jAMi^s D. Alle\, L\nn. Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Sth jMass. Hospital Steward Sth Mass. 9 mos.

James D. Alley was born in Lynn, Mass. ,
July 13, 1831; enli.sted April 15, 1861, in
Company D, Eighth Regiment, Lynn,
Mass.; detailed as hospital steward at
\Va.shington, D. C, April 30. Served and
mustered out on Boston Common, August
1, 1861, with the Regiment. Continued a
member of Compau}- D, and went into
camp at Boxford, Mass., September 1,
1862. Served as First Corporal at New-
Bern, N. C, detailed, and served as ward-
master in Regiment hospital during
remainder of service. Mustered out with
Company at Lynn, August 7, 1863. Two
terms of service, one year and three
months. In October, 1864, left Lynn for
New York, from there took passage to
New Orleans, by steamer to Brazor,
D'Santiago, Texas. There joined Major
W. M. D. Chamberlain, commissary of
that post as his clerk, and left in Juh-,
1865. For over twenty-nine years has
been sexton and collector of the First Uni-
versalist church, Nahant street. F'or
many years a member of General Lander
Post 5, G-A-R.

Richard Alley, I.ynn. :\rass.

Minute Men of 'ol

Co. F. 8th Mass. Co. M. 1st Regrt. ISIass. H. A.

Richard Alley was 1;orn in Lynn, Mass.,
December 10, 1838. Served in Company
F, Eighth Massachusetts Regiment, from
April 15, 1861, until mustered out on Bos-
ton Common August 1, 1861.

Again enlisted in Company I\I, F~irst
Heavy Artillery, Massachusetts Regiment,
February 28, 1862. Mustered out July 5,
1865. Served nearh- four years. For
several years pa.st has been a member of
General Lander Post 5, G-A-R.

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RUPKRTJ. Chute, April 15, 1861

Minute Men of '61

7th and Sth Regt. Mass. Vols.

Comrade Chiite, one of the youngest of
Massachusetts veterans, went to the front
as '^Captain's bo}- " with Captain Knott
Martin, a Minute Man of Marblehead;
afterwards enlisted as drummer in Com-
pany B, Seventh Regiment, M.V.M., and
served to the end of his term. He is a
member of Post 60 G-A-R of Franklin; of
the Boston Veteran Fusiliers, and is one
of^the editorial staff of the ' ' Boston Tran-
script."

Rupert J. Chute (1907)
Minute Men of '61
J. V. C. Post 60, Dept. Mass. G. A.

Benj.-\min W. R. Chase, Marblehead, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. B, Sth Mass. Regt. United States Navy

Minute Men of '61

263

CllAKLKS A. K. Dl-MOX

Minute Men of '61
Sth Mass. Britr. Gen. U. S. Vols.

I/ieutenant-Colonel, First United States
Volunteers, (enlisted prisoners of war at
Point Tyookout, Md.), April 1, 1S64; organ-
ized regiment; Colonel, Angnst 5, 1864.

Service in First United States Volunteers,
provost duty at Norfolk, Va., February,
1864; expedition to Carrituck Sound,
N. C, June, 1864; ordered with Regiment
from \'irginia to subdue Indian outbreak
in Minnesota and Dakota Territory, vSep-
temljer, 1864; service in Indian expeditions
ill Dakota Territory until November, 1865;
mustered out with Regiment at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan., November 28, 1865.

Military Chief of Police in Mobile, Ala.,
ill 1866 and 1867.

Received commission as Brevet Brigadier
General United States Volunteers ' ' for
gallant and meritorious service during the
war," March 13, 1865.

Commander of Post 42, G-.\-R, Lowell,
three terms.

For last twenty-eight years agent of the
L'nited States Cartridge Company, Lowell.
Died May, 1902.

Charles A. R. Dimon was born in Fair-
field, Conn., April 26, 1841. Private Com-
pany J, highth Massachusetts, April 16,
1861; mustered out August 1, 1861; at
Camp Chase, Lowell, October, 1861; organ-
ized Thirtieth Massachusetts Volunteers;
appointed Adjutant, and mustered in Feb-
ruary 20, 1862.

Service in Thirtieth Massachusetts, Ship
Island, Miss., February, 1862; at siege and
bombardment Forts Jackson and St.
Philip, April, 1862; capture of New
Orleans, April, 1862; first siege and bom-
bardment at Vicksburg, Miss., June and
July, 1862; battle of Baton Rouge, Augusi
5, 1862; promoted to Major, Second Louisi-
ana White Volunteers, Octoberv20, 1862.

Service in Second Loui.siana Volunteers,
battle of Plains Store, La., May, 1863; first
reconnoissance toward Port Hudson, Ma\-
10, 1863; siege of Port Hudson, May 15 to
June 30, 1863; first assault on Port Hud-
son, May 27, 1863, and volunteered for
storming party; second assault on Port
Hudson, June 22, 1863, in command of
Regiment. Discharged for disability June
30, 1863.

John T. Coe, Oakland, Cal. age 15 in 1861

Minute Jlen of '61

Co. D, Sth Mass. Admiral Porter Post 333, Oakland

264

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,!^"

-«J

^.WmSi

Col. Edward W. Hixcks

Minute Men of '61

Sth Mass. Regt. Brigr. Gen. U. S. Vol.

5ldward W. Hincks was born at Bucks-
port, Me., May 30, 1830. Engaged in
newspaper publishing. Was at office of
Governor Andrew wlien the call came for
sevent_y-five thousand men and volunteered
on horseback to carrv the order to compan-
ies in Middlesex and Essex Counties. vSec-
ond L/ieutenant in Second United States
Cavalry, April 26, 1861; Ivieutenant Colonel
of Ei,ghth Infantry, M.V.M.; engaged in
securing the frigate, ' ' Constitution, " from
Annapolis; Colonel, May 16, 1861; Colonel,
Nineteenth Massachusetts Infantry, Au-
gust 3, 1861, and engaged at the action of
Ball's Bluff, Yorktowii^ West Point, battles
of Fair Oaks, Oak Grove, Peach Orchard,
Savage's Station, White Oak Swamp and
Glendale ( severely wounded) . Rejoined
command August, 1S62, and engaged at
the battles of Chantilly, South Mountain
and Antietam, (twice severely wounded).
Brigadier-General United States Volun-
teers, November 29, 1862; member of a
general Court Martial. Commanding
draft rendezvous and assistant to Provost
Marshal General, and Superintendent Vol-
unteer Recruiting, commanding district of
St. Mary's, Md., and depot of prisoners,
Point Lookout, Md., to April, 1864. Com-
manding Third Division, Nineteenth
Corps, Arni}^ of the James, to Juh', 1864;
engaged at the action of Ba^dor's Farm
and Peter.sburg, June, 1861-; president of a
general Court Martial, July to September,

1864; commanding draft rendezvous,
Hart's Lsland, New York Harbor, January,
1865. Brevet Major General United
States Volunteers, March 13, 1865; Ivieu-
tenant-Colonel, P'ortieth United States
Infantry, July 28, 1866; Brevet Colonel and
Brigadier-General, United States Annv,
March 2, 1867; retired December 15, 1870,
on account of wounds in line of duty.
Died at Cambridge Februarv 14, 1894.

Sxr.-vRT F. mcClearn

Minute Men of '61

Co. B, Sth Mass. Capt. 4th Regt. Mass. H. A.

Captain vStuart F. McClearn, Company
B, Eighth Regiment M.V.M., three
months' term, and nine months' term;
Company A and Compau}- F, Fourth Regi-
ment, Massachitsetts Heavy Artillery; was
mustered out June 17, 1865. For last twelve
jears has been President of the Minute
Men's Association. Collector of Customs
for the Port of Marblehead.

MiNUTK MrCN OF "61

26.S

A. Frank Hitcmings, Salem, Mass.

;\Iinute Men of '61

Sth Mass. Seret. 19th Regt. Jlass. Vols.

Piorn in Salem, Mass., October 28, 1841,
enlisted in the .Salem Light Infantr_v
(Salem Zouaves) on April 17, 1861, the
evening before the departure for the seat
of war, and served in the three months'
campaign, and mustered out Augu.st 1,
1861.

Re-enlisted as Corporal of Company H,
Nineteenth Massachusetts Volunteers,
October, 1861, promoted to Sergeant in
August, 1862, and was severely wounded at
the battle of Fredericksburg on the after-
noon of the third day, and was discharged
for disability July 25, 1863.

He was one of those detailed to remove
the United States Frigate ' ' Constitution ' '
from Annapolis to the Brooklyn Navy
Yard, participated in the battles of York-
town, West Point, Fair Oaks 2d, Peach
Orchard, Savage Station, White Oak
Swamp, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Malvern
Hill 2d, Chantilly, Antietam. The Cross-
ing of the Rappahannock liefore Fred-
ericksburg, December 11, and the Ijattle of
Fredericksburg December 13, 1862.

He is a member of the G-A-1 Post 3-I-, of
Salem, having joined in 1867. For the
past thirty years has been employed as an
officer of customs, the last twenty-two of
w'hich has been as special deputy collector.

Lorenzo Freeman L,innei.l, Kosliiulale. Mass.
Minute Men of '61
l,t. Co. C, Sth Mass.

Born in Portland, ]\Ie. , January 13, 1823.
He learned the carpenter trade and in
1847 went to Marblehead, Mass., to live.
At the time of the first call for three
months' troops b\- President Lincoln, he
was Third Lieutenant of Company C,
Pyighth Regiment, at Marblehead. Re-
sponding to the call he accompanied the
command to Washington where he was
mustered in as First ].,ieutenant of Com-
pany C.

At the second call for nine montlis' men
he again went to the front as First Lieu-
tenant having formed with Captain Graves
a new Company, taking the place of the
old Company C, ami given the same letter
in the p;ighth Regiment.

The command was sent to New-Berne,
N. C, the Regiment being cut up for
guard duty. Lieutenant Linnell was
stationed near P'ort Totten. one of the
Regimental Companies being in the I-'ort.
He went on an expedition and formeil
junction with Colonel Jones. They drove
the rebels Imck and returned to camp.
Later the Lieutenant was taken sick and
sent to CTcneral Hospital unable for duty
for about two months. Was mustered out
of service August 7, 1863.

266

Minute Men of '61

Capt. Knott v. Martin

Jliimte Men of '61

Sth Mass. 23d Mass. 53<1 Mass. 5'th Mass

Captain Knott V. Martin Avas Ijorn in
Marblehead, Mass., Jnly 11. 1820, and
died there August 26, 1898. He was Cap-
tain of Company C, Kighth Regiment,
M.V.INI., during the three months' cam-
paign. He was made Captain of Compau}-
B, Twent}-Third Regiment, Massachusetts
Vohinteers, Noveml^er 11, 1861, and served
with di.stinction until his resignation May
20, 1863. He re-enlisted Februar}- 24,
1864, in the Fifty-Eighth Massachusetts
Volunteers, was transferred to the Fifty-
Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers, and
while First Sergeant of Company K was
wounded June 3, 1864, and was promoted
Second Lieutenant October 7, 1864.

Since the war he has been elected three
times to the Legislature, has served as
Postmaster of Marblehead for sixteen
years, and has been honored with other
evidences of the respect of his fellow citi-
zens. He was loj-al to the veterans under
all circumstances and the}' revere his
memory.

Andri-W Imwtii.. I .iimcc^lcr. .\Ia>s.

Minute Men of '61
Sth Mass. Col. 23d Regt. Mass. Vols.

Colonel Andrew Flwell, was a descend-
ent, eighth generation, of Robert El well,
who came to Gloucester from Salem about
1642. He was the son of Samuel Elwell,
who, when a young man, lost his right
hand b}- the bursting of a gun, in firing a
salute on board a privateer, and who died
at Gloucester September 28, 1868, at the
age of seventy-eight years.

At the breaking ovit of the rebellion he
held the position of Major in the Pvighth
M.V.M., and served three months in 1861,
being promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel.

Soon after the return of the Eighth
Regiment he was commissioned Major of
the Twenty-Third Regiment, then in
camp at Lvnnfield and about to leave the
state for three years' service. Mustered
in September 28, 1861, and left the state
November 11, being attached to the Burn-
side expedition to North Carolina, and
took part in the closing scenes of the
Rebellion in Virginia in 1864. Was en-
gaged in the battles of Roanoke Island,
New-Bern, and Rawles Mills in 1862;
Kingston, Whitehall, Goldsl)oro, Wilcox'
Bridge, and Winton in 1863; Smith field,
Heckman's Farm, Arrowfield Church,
Drury's BlufT, Cold Harbor and the battles
before Richmond in 1864.

Commissioned as Major, October 24, 1861;
piiomoted Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel,
Discharged on expiration of service, Sep-
tember 28, 1864. Died May 16, 1903.

Minute Men of '61

267

George A. Foxcrokt

jMinute Men of '61

Co. D. Sth Mass. Co. F. 24th Mass. Regt.

Born in Dedhani, October 12, 1841. The
proudest moment in the life of Comrade
Foxcroft came to him on April 17, 1861,
Avhen under thereof of old Faneuil Hall he
took off his citizen's clothes and put on in
exchange the tall bear-skin hat, the red
coat with white cross-belts, the black pants
with a white side stripe, all belonging to a
member of the Lynn L,ight Infantry, who,
at the last moment was obliged by his
father to withdraw, and went home wear-
ing Foxcroft's clothes. He was one of the
youngest volunteers for.the three months'
campaign in the Eighth Regiment.

Comrade Foxcrofts remained with this
Lynn Company, under the command of
Captain George T. Newhall, forming part
of the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment,
during the three months' campaign and
soon after being mustered oiit, he re-en-
listed for three \ears in the Twenty-Fourth
Massachusetts Regiment in the Company
commanded by Captain Robert F. Clark.

Foxcfort descended in a direct line from
Colonel Francis Foxcroft, who fought in
King Phillip's War, and who was a mem-
ber of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery

Commandery as long ago as 1679. Has the
honor of belonging to E. W. Kinsley Post
113 G-A-R ; the Massachusetts Minute
Men of '61 ; the Massachusetts Roanoke
Association ; the Massachusetts Society
Sons of the Revolution ; the A. and H. A.
Couipau}-. He is also a life member of all
the Masonic bodies up to and including the
Thirtv- Second degree.

His death occurred May 25, 1907, of
heart failure. On the evening of his death
he enjoyed his after dinner cigar, and then
sat down to a game of cards with members
of his famih-, and shortly after, calmly
passed away.

(;i;ORC,K T. Newh.\ll

Minute Men of "61
Capt. 8th Ma.ss. Rejrt.

Captain George T. Newhall was liorn in
Lynn, Mass., December 22, 1831. He was
descended in direct line from Thomas
Newhall. the first white child born in
L^nn. He entered the United States ser-
vice April 15, 1861, as Captain of Company
D, Eighth Massachusetts Volunteer
Militia, and served through the three
months' campaign. In September, 1862,
he again entered the service as Captain in
same Regiment for nine months, and was
nearly twenty years editor and publisher
of the Lynn Transcript.'" Mustered out
August l\ 1S63. Died July, 1896.

268

Minute Men of '61

i He went to California in 1868, where lie
I lived the remainder of his life, he died in
1 April, 1905, in Sacramento, California.

Albkrt C. DoiuiLAS. Salem. Mass,

Minute Men of '61

Co. J. 8th INIa.s.s. -Sergt. Co. H, 19th Ma.ss. Vols.

Born in Salem, 1842, a member of the
Salem Light Infantry, afterward.s known
as the Salem Zonaves Company J, Eighth
Masaschusetts Regiment. Upon President
L/incoln's first call for .seventy-five thou-
sand men April, 1861, the company offered
their services and were accepted.

Private Douglas, although physically
delicate was determined to go with his
company, and his per.sonal courage enabled
him to be ever ready for every duty.
Was in service with the Massachusetts
Minute Men of '61.

He re-enlisted in Company H, Kine-
teenth Massachusetts, for three years of
the war, was in all the l)attles with that
Regiment, on the Peninsular and later
went as Sergeant of Company H, when the
Nineteenth re-enlisted , after two years of
service they came home on thirty days'
furlough, came to Salem ; Sergeant Doug-
las came with them as Sergeant-Major of
the Regiment. Was afterwards sent to
W^ashington by special order where he was
on duty several months after which he re-
joined his Regiment and remained with it
until they were all discharged July, 1865.

WiLLi.Aiw .STr.\RT .Stirlinc;, Boston, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

8th Mass. Corp. 23d Mass. .Serg't. 62d Mass. Vols.

William Stuart Stirling was born in
CI ark son Toll, Scotland, July 18, 1841.
Knlisted April 16, 1861, in Company A,
Eighth Regiment, M.V.M., during the
three months' campaign; discharged Au-
gust 1, 1861; enlisted September 4, 1861,
Compau}- A, Twenty-Third Regiment,
Massachusetts Volunteers; promoted Cor-
poral December 7. 1862; wounded at
Whitehall, N. C, Decemljer 16, 1862, and
Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; discharged
October 13, 1864; enlisted as Second Ser-
reaiit, acting as First Sergeant March 29,
1865; Company D, Sixty-.Second Regi-
ment, Massachusetts Volunteers; dis-
charged May 5, 1865; belonged to the
Army and Nav}' Union while in existance;
mustered in June 17, 1870, Post 49, G-A-I^,
Newbur3'port, Mass.

MiN'i Ti.: Men ok '61

269

William H. Williams

Minute Men of '61

Co. C, Sth Mass. and 1st Mass Battery

The following is taken from the war
history of Post 60, Franklin, Mass. Com-
rade William H. Williams was born Janu-
ar}- 2, 1840, on ship in the English Channel
high seas He volunteered April 15, 1861,
in Company- G, Eighth Massachusetts
Volunteers, ■Minute Men of '61. Mu.s-
tered out August 31 , 1861. and immediately
re-enlisted in the First Massachusetts
Battery. Was promoted to Corporal,
October 30, 1861, and to Sergeant Febru-
arj', 1863, in campaign under General
Burnside ; and finally mustered out August
29, 1865, at Charle.stown , \'a., after close
of the Southern Rebellion. During the
war he participated in the following battles :
Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Williamsburg,
May 5, 1862 ; followed by ^^'hitchouse
Landing and Hanover Court House. The
seven day's battle before Richmond, at
Mechanics\'ille, June 29, and Malvern Hill,
July 20, 1862. Afterwards at the Battle of
Bristow Station , Second Bull Run, Cromp-
ton Pass, South Mountain, Antietam,
A^"illiamstown, Fredericksburg, Kelley's
Ford, Chancellorsville, May 1, 2, and 3,

1863; Gettysburg, July 1, 2 and 3; Rap-
pahannock Station, :Mine Run, Saunders
I'arm, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Bethesda
Church, Falmouth, Laurel Hill, Hatcher's
Run, Cold Harbor, Weldon Railroad and
Siege of Petersburg. During all this ser-
vice Comrade Williams escaped serious
injury except at .second battle of Fred-
ericksburg, where he was wounded in left
shoulder. He was a strict disciplinarian,
and prominent in Post 60, G-A-R having
filled nearly every ofTice in the Post. He
died April 26, 1896, at Franklin.

VETERAN'S MEMORY LAND

Bi' CO.MUADE RKV. EDWAUD A. IIOKTON", D. D.

(Dedicated to the Grand Army Ciub of Massa-
chusetts)

Tune, ••Maryland, My Maryland"

From out the past we hear thy voice,
Mem'ry Land, O Mem'ry. Land!

It says again, '"Make now your choice,"
Mem'ry Land, O Mem'ry Land!

The call we heard; our country sought

The loyal heart, and that we brought;

Still lives to us the victory wrought, —
Mem'ry Land, O Me.T.'ry Land!

The years are passing swiftly by,
Mem'ry Land, O Mem'ry Land!

But never can those young days die,
Mem'ry Land, O Mem'ry Land:

Around the colors stili we s and.

With pledges strong for np.ti\ e land;

Again we meet the hostile band,
Mem'ry Land, O Mem'ry Land!

How (Jear to us is all you give.

Mem'ry Land, O Mem'ry Land!
The con-.rade ties shall e\er live,

Mem'ry Land. O Mem'ry Land!
By all the heroes now revered,
B.v fi-iendship .loys so long endeared, —
To thee we turn when aug'.it is feared,

Mem'ry Land, O Men-'ry Land!

270

Minute Men of '61

Francis Boardman, Marblehead. Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Capt. Co. H, 8th Regt. Mass. Vols, (deceased)

Thomas Ellsworth, Marblehead, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. B, Nth Ma.ss. U. ^. Ship "Ino" & lOth Mass. Bat.

Si;ki,i\ ]!i.NjAMi.\ I<. Mneiii i.L (deceased *

Minute Men of '61

Sth Mass. Et. Sth for 9 nios. Et. 4th INIass. H. A.

V.'iiM.TA.M C. Kxowlaxd, '.Marb-c'iead. Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Sth .Mass. Navy, also Sth JEV.M. 9 uios. and 27th

Minute Men of '61

271

Elias Blaney, Marl)lehead, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Sth Mass. V. S. Navy, Corp. Sth Mass. 9 mos. : 27th

S.^MUEL I<. Clark. Gloucester, Mass.

Minute Men of '61
Co. G. Sth Ma.ss. Co. D, 32d Ma.'^s. Vols.

JoHX W. R.AYMONi). Heverly, Mass. (deceased)

Minute Men of '61

Sth Mass. Regt. Col. 23d Regl Mass. Vols.

lilCNj AMIN H. IMiii.i.irs. .Marl)lclKaiI. ^lass,

Minute Men of 'bl
Co. U. .•^th Mass. 10th Mass. Battery and Navv

272

Minute Men of '61

John R. Lakeman, Salem, Mass.

Minute Men of '61
8th Mass. I^t. 23cl Regt. Mass. Vols.

Sergt. Henry H. Goodridge, I^ynn, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. D, Sth Mass. Regt.

Frank I^. Hale

Minute Men of '61

Co. A, Sth Mass. Co. I, .-Oth Mass.

J.AMES W. Nichols, Salem, Mass.

Minute Men of 61

Sth Mass. Ser. Co. B, 4nth Mass.Lt. Co. A, 4th M.H..\.

Minute Mkx of '61

273

Bknjamix a. PiiiLLii'S. INIarbleliead, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Corp. Co. H. 8th Mass. 2d Ma.ss. H. A. & T. S. X.

George O. Sticvkxs. Salem. Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Sth Mass. Sergl. 50th Ma.ss. Lt. Uth unattached

JoSETH W. Field. Canibridjre. Ma.ss.

Minute Men of '61

^th Mass. 50th and 5th INIass. and 53d X. Y,

GE;oRf;E D. ("..VKDNicK. Gloucester. Mass

Minute Men of '61

Sth Ma.ss. Co. C. 23d Regt. Mass. Vols.

Third Battalion of Rifles
Minute Men of '61

(Three Months' Volunteers.)

The following facts, in regard to the
movements of this battalion, have been
kindly furnished by N. S. Liscomb,
Sergeant-Major :

Orders were issued to the companies
of this battalion to report to Major
Devens on the afternoon of April 20,
1861, at Worcester. At five o'clock p.m.
battalion line was formed in front of
the City Hall and from thence, under
escort of the Highland Cadets and the
"Old Guard," they marched to tlie Me-
chanics' Hall, where they were leceived
by Mayor Davis, who made an address
appropriate to the occasion; after which
prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. Hill.
Major Devens addressed the battalion,
and the exercises were concluded with
the singing of the "Red, White and
Blue," and the "Marseilles Hymn." The
battalion then returned to company
quarters. At 9.30 p.m., battalion line
was formed, and, escorted by the Old
Guard and citizens, marched to the
Western Railroad Station, and left
Worcester about 10.30 p.m., reaching
New York at eight o'clock Sunday morn-
ing of the twenty-first.

19th. — Our three months are up, and
all hands are talking of going homo.
We can find out nothing about going.
Major Morris says we must stay till the
19th of August, because we did not take
the oath till May 19. Perhaps he
knows. He likes the battalion and will
keep them as long as he can; but I
think he has taken a poor way to do it.
Some of us think we have seen enough
of Port McHenry. If we could go South
we would be much better pleased.

24th. — Our battalion has suffered
much from sickness — a kind of slow
fever — twenty leaving this morning for

home in charge of Lieutenant O'Dris-
coll, who is unwell also.

2.5th. — General Dix took command.
And order was issued to call the battal-
ion together, and we were soon formed
in front of the Major's quarters. Gen-
eral Dix came forward, and spoke as
follows: "Gentlemen, your time of ser-
vice expired on the 19th, and you are
entitled to go home. If you say you
wish to go, I will order your transporta-
tion tomorrow; but I had rather you
would not ask it tomorrow, or for the
next five days. I will order it within
ten days. You have done your duty,
and more." That is the way men like
to be talked to, and every man must
have made up his mind that General
Dix was a man, a soldier and a gentle-
man. We were then dismissed to quar-
ters, as each man was to decide for him-
self whether he would go or stay. Now
we know we were needed, we will see
how each Company voted. Company A
(City Guards), every man voted to re-
main till we should be ordered home;
Company C (Emmett Guards) voted the
same; Companies B and D were not
unanimous, and the next morning eleven
from Company B and one from Company
D left for home. We did not cheer
them much, and thought if that was a
specimen of their patriotism, it had
grown small, or that they did not start
with much.

29th. — An order was issued for the
battalion to be ready to leave at six
a.m. tomorrow for home. I will not try
to tell hov.' we v.iio were off guard
passed the last night at Fort MoHenry;
but morning came at last, and with all
our luggage we took the steamer for
Baltimore. We were in time for the
seven o'clock train for Philadelphia;

276

Minute Men of '61

but, owing to an accident on the road,
we must remain till seven p.m. at the
depot. It was warm, it was hot, and
such a day as I liope never to see again.
At last we were off for Philadelphia,
where we arrived at six a.m., 30th.

30th. — After much delay in procuring
cars, we started on cur way again. If
possible it is warmer than yesterday —
and the dust! How we long to get on
to a New England railroad! Today we
were from nine a.m. till five p.m. in
going eighty miles, but we are traveling
on a special train. Would it not be fine
to try one of the regular trains on the
Camden and Amboy? At last we took
the steamer for New York, where we
arrived, after a pleasant sail of thirty
miles, at ten p.m.

August 1st. — About six a.m. we
formed the battalion line, and marched
to tlie Park Barracks, and about four
p.m. we took the steamer City of Bos-
ton for home via New London and Nor-
wich. You can hardly imagine our feel-
ings as we came on board. Everything
looked better, and was better than wo
have seen for a long time. What a
change it had made with us! — some
were singing, some joking, and a; I
seemed to be happy. After a delay of
several hours in New London, so as not
to arrive in Worcester before our
friends were ready for us, we took the
cars for the "Heart of the Common-
wealth."

2nd. — Arrived in Worcester at hak'
past nine o'clock p.m. and found the
whole city with open arms ready to
v/elcome us. Our friends were so eager
to see us that it was some time before
the battalion line could be formed. At
last we were on the move; and, amid
the cheers of the people and the show-
ers of bouquets, we marched into the
City Hall, where we were welcomed
home again by Mayor Davis, Avho in-
vited us to fall in and do justice to
what had been prepared for us. There
was food enough for a regiment, and we
were only four companies; but if we
-had only met the rebels and scattered

them as we did the eatables in the City
Hall, all would have delighted to do us
honor. After a while we were again
formed into line, and, escorted by the
Home Guards of Rifles and Infantry,
marched through Main street, returning
by the way of Court Hill. The streets
were splendidly trimmed. The Sixtli
Regiment having passed through the
day before, the display remained, and
others were added. It seemed as though
every one was trying to see what they
could do to add to our happiness. We
marched to the Common again. Mayor
Davis made a short speech, welcoming
us home again, which was responded to
by Captain Sprague, acting major, who
also read a letter from Major Devens,
who was not able to be witJi us, being
away on business connected with the
Fifteenth Regiment, of which he was
now the colonel. We again marched
into the City Hall, after escorting Com-
pany D, Captain Dodd, of Boston, to the
Foster Street Depot, where we bade
them good-by. We were then dismissed
till the morning, when, August 3, we
formed in Brinley Hall, and were mus-
tered out of service by Captain John M.
Goodhue of the Eleventh United States
Infantry, formerly adjutant of"the Third
Battalion Rifles.

Much credit is due our officers for the
good order which was maintained by
the Battalion during our whole term of
service. •

December. — In looking back, I find
that of the three hundred and nineteen
men which composed the Battalion,
more than one hundred have been sick
Of that number two have died — Amos
H. Gilbert and Eaton of Boston.

Company A, City Guards, have re-
enlisted for the war in the following or-
der: Fourteen as commissioned officers,
nineteen as non-commissioned, two as
musicians and five privates. Some of
the others are all ready, and all can be
counted in if needed.

During the three and a half months of
their service, the Battalion was under
five generals, namely: Butler, Patter-
son, Cadwaller, Banks, and Dix.

Minute Men ok 'fSl

277

Compan}^ A, Third Battalion of Rifles,
Minute Men of '61

FIEI/D AND STAFF.

Major, Charles Devens, Jr., Worcester.

Adjutant, John M. Goodhce, Worcester.

Adjutant, Arthur A. Goodell, Worcester.

Ouartcnnastcr, James E. Estabrook, Worcester.

Surgeon, Oramee Martin, Worcester.

Serorant Major, Xathaniee S. IvISCOMb, \\'orcester.

Ouartennaster Seigeant, George T. Whiti<:, Worcester.

Roster Company A, Third Battalion,
Minute Men of '61

(City Guards.)

Organized in 1840. The company re-
ceived orders to hold themselves in
readiness, April 15, 1861, and on the
20th left, with a full complement of
members, for Washington.

*Aug. B. R. Sprague, Capt.. . .Worcester

*Josiah Pickett, 1st Lieut

*George C. .Joslin, 2nd Lieut

*Orson Moulton, 3d Lieut

*Elijah A. Harkness, 4th Lieut

Edward W. Adams, 1st Sergt

Walter S. Bugbee, Sergt

*George A. Johnson, Sergt

Charles A. Ward, Sergt

*.James M. Hervey, Corp

Calvin N. Harrington, Corp

*George Burr, Corp

*Henry Matthews, Corp

William H. Heywood, Musician

* James Stewart, Musician

Aldrich, William H

Alden, Frank

*Bessey, Merritt B

*Bigelow, George P

Bigelow, Luther H

BottomleJ^ Bramley A Leicester

Bacon, Francis AVorcester

Bond, Charles H

Bradish, Harry T Upton

*Burdick, Theodore Worcester

*Bart]ett, Charles S

Cummings, James M

Caswell, Lowell

Cheney, John M

*Coes, Frank L. R

Cutting, Elmer

*Curtis, George I\I

Champney, Lewis C

*Campbell, George S..

Cunningham, Herman E

Cutler, Charles B

Daniels, Henry W

*Davis, Charles

Dodge, Edwin L

Dunn, Silas R Upton

*Fuller, Jerome H Worcester

Fairbanks, Charles F

Green, Joel W

Gleason, Thomas

Gibbs, John S Boston

Gates, Jaalam Worcester

Gilbert, Amos H

*Henry, Charles

Heywood, William

*Howe, Edward E

Hatch, George W

Kendall, Charles B

*Kendall, Herbert J

Livermore. Albert A Millbury

Liscomb, Nathaniel S Worcester

Mellen, Henry

*McLane, James J

Moen, Henry A. R

278 Minute Men of '61

*Morse, Edwin A *Sprague, Welcome W

*Monroe, Charles H Starr, William E

Mclver, David H *Tliompscn, John A

Newton, William L N. Bridgewater AVarren, George E

Parker, Amos M Worcester *Watkins, Elbridge G

Plummer, Francis J Wheeler, John, 2nd Hardwick

Poole, Horace W * Wesson, Calvin A Grafton

Pomroy, John W White, William B Leicester

Pelton, Charles H Walker, Melville E Worcester

*Steele, William R *Wagely, Louis

Shaw, Chester B Wood, Willia.m H

*Stoddard, Charles K Upton Wakefield, George Millbury

*Slocum, James S Worcester

*Sl0CUm, Samuel A *Re-enlisted

Minute Men of '61

279

Compan}^ B, Third Battalion of Rifles
Minute Men of '61

(Holden Rifles.)

Organized in 1856. Received orders
at eleven a.m. and were on their way
at four p.m., April 18, 1861, to join the
battalion at Worcester, leaving on the
20th.

Joseph H. Gleason, Capt Holden

Phineas R. Newell, 1st Lieut

Edward F. Devens, 2nd Lt. .Charlestowa

Samuel F. Woods, 3d Lieut Barre

George Bascom, 4th Lieut Holden

*Isaac T. Hooton, 1st Sergt AVebster

Hiram P. Newell, Sergt Holden

*Henry M. Ide, Sergt Worcester

* James W. Stanley, Sergt

*Ira J. Kelton, Sergt Holden

Emery Rogers, Corp

Artemas D. Bascom, Corp. .. .Worcester

*Sanford E. Stratton, Corp

Chauncey B. Irish, Corp Millbury

Ammidown, Henry G Southbridge

*Alexander, Leonard F Broolifield

Ball, Warren J Holden

Burt, Aaron B Sutton

Brown, Justin W. Boylston

Bowman, Henry H Leicester

Baker, William E Worcester

Burnett, George Holden

*Clark, Samuel

Corey, George

Cheney, Cyrus, Jr

*Champney, Preston A Grafton

*Childs, George E Upton

♦Clemens, E. D Webster

Collier, John A Worcester

Coburn, Nathan S

Davis, Francis E Holden

Earle, William H Worcester

Earle, Enoch

Fales, Henry Holden

Fairbanks, Edson Rutland, Vt.

Fearing, John Holden

Firth, John Worcester

*Fox, Charles J Newburyport

Franklin, Edward H Worcester

*Gee, James S. W Grafton

*Gibson, Jacob H... Leicester

Hayes, Martin M Grafton

*Hill, Charles R Holden

Hobart, George, Jr Worcester

*Howe, Hiram Holden

Hubbard, John F

*Irish, Chauncey B ^lillbury

Lamb, Edward P W. Boylston

Ladd, Henry C Holden

Larned, George H Worcester

*Legg, Charles A Auburn

*Lumazette, Francis Holden

*Mann, Randall Leicester

*McClern, AVilliam Burke, Vt.

*McGaffery, Charles A Worcester

Moses, Samuel A Holden

*:Moore, Charles S

*Munroe, Edward E Paxton

*Newton, Serino Oxford

*Nye, AVilliam A Worcester

^ Panton, Maxie Holden

*Piper, Alfred

*Pratt, Edwin F

*Preston, Samuel

*Rol)inson, James D Leicester

Rock wood, George AV Worcester

*Savage, John B Holden

Sawyer, Alphonzo B

*Scott, Jesse S Leicester

*Shumway, Charles N Webster

Smith, George A Holden

Smith, John H

*Stone, Emerson Leicester

Thomas, Robert B AV. Boylston

*Trask, George

Trask, I\Iartin N

Weston. John B Georgetown

White, John D AV. Boylston

White, Frederic A Worcester

Winslow, Edward C Northbridge

* Re-en listed

280

Minute Men of '61

Company C, Third Battalion of Rifles
Minute Men of '61

(Emmet Guards.)

Organized in 1858. This was an inde-
pendent company. They received or-
ders on the morning of April 19, 1861,
to be prepared to g^o to AVashington on
the 20th with the Third Battalion, and
on the 20th joined tlie other companies?
at Worcester and at ten p.m. started for
Washington.

Michael S. McConville, Capt..Worcestei-

Michael O'Driscoll, 1st Lieut

*Michael J. McCafferty, 2d Lieut

*Thomas O'Neil, 3d Lieut

Maurice Melavin, 4th Lieut

*William Daley, 1st Sergt

'•Patrick Curran, Sergt

Martin Hayes, Sergt •

Patrick Hayes, Sergt

Nicholas Power, Corp

John J. O'Gorman, Corp

Geo. B. Chandley, Corp

James Connor, Corp W. Boylston

Edward T. Murray, Musician. Worcester

Brazzill, Patrick

Burns, James

Brewer, James M

Benn, Henry Wrentham

Carroll, John Worcester

Crimmen, John Leicester

Collins, Michael Worcester

*Conners, Jeremiah

Deery, Patrick Worcester

Duggan, James

Downey, Dennis Worcester

*Doherty. James

Dunn, John Grafton

Diggins, Patrick Millbury

Donahue, Daniel Worcester

*Empey, Robert

Finnegan, Michael Milford

Finn, Thomas Worcester

Gavin, Anthony

Hammond, James

Hynes, John

Hayes, Edward

Hickey, William W. Boylston

Harrington, Bartholomew. . . .Worcester

Hartigan, John F W. Boylston

Houston, Edw

Jennings, Edw Grafton

Kelly. Patiiek W^orcester

Kerr, John

Keegan, Michael

Keegan, Patrick

Kenna, Patrick Marlboro

Kirk, John Leicester

*Laverty, Joseph

='■ Leonard, Martin

Long, Jeremiah D W. Boylston

*Moore, George Worcester

Morrison, Francis

*Morton, John

Moran, James

*McKeon, Michael

*McKeon, Thomas

Mclntire, Fiancis Philadelphia, Pa.

McDonald, Michael Worcester

*McCann, Felix

*McConville, Henry

McLane, John B

*McHannon. James

McLaughlin, Daniel

McDonald, John

*McDermont, Felix Auburn

McGennis, John Worcester

McNulty, James Clinton

Moriarty, John Millbury

McKenna, James Worcester

Murray, T. Edward Worcester

O'Brien, John

•■=0'Keefe, James

Roach, Michael

Shevlin, Patrick W. Boylston

Shevlin, John

*Traynor, John Worcester

Tobin, John

Tobin, Michael

*Wai'd, Napoleon

*Re-enlisted

Minute Men of '61

281

Company D, ThirdBattalion of Rifles
Minute Men of '61

(Dodd's Rifles.)

Captain Dodd commenced to recruit
tbis Company April 19, 1861, and at
noon next day had secured the requisite
number of men, and the officers were
commissioned same day. They left
Boston, May 2, on the steamer "Cam-
bridge" for Fortress Monroe, tooli on
arms and ammunition and proceeded to
Washington.

Albert Dodd, Capt Boston

*Charles Dodd, 1st Lieut

*Cornelius G. Atwood, 2d Lieut

*George A. Hicks, 3d Lieut

Joseph Nason, 4th Lieut

James Tucker, 1st Sergt

Charles C. Pingree, Sergt MetJiuen

Wm. W. Eaton, Sergt Boston

Andrew Morse, Jr., Sergt Methuen

John C. Gray, Corp Fi-yeburg, Me.

Harrison O. F. Newton, Corp..Abington

*Edward S. Lloyd, Corp Boston

George H. Tanner, Corp

Dennis M. Blackmer,'Musician

Armstrong, Robert, Jr Bridgewater

Alger, Charles F Boston

Abrahams, James W

Burke, John P. E. Milton, N. H.

Bellows, Jay G W. Mills, Me.

Boyden, Wm Boston

Bowen, William J. . . .Ogdensburg, N. Y.

Bowyer, Hai'rison Boston

Burbank, Geo. L

Briggs, Walter R Dedham

Butler, Frank Boston

Carlton, John C Berkley

Cameron, John Hopkinton

Dove, Edward Boston

Draper, Geo Foxboro

Eaton, Geo. A .Boston

Fisher, Edward O. . . .Bowdoinham, Me.
Fuller, Amos L Medway

Gray, Geo. S Boston

Gray, Daniel B Fryeburg, Me.

Gray, Angevine W

Gray, Jacob P

Gifford, Elias M., Jr Stockbridge

Harriman, Jonathan F. . .Conway, N. H,

Haynes, Thomas Charlestown

Howard, George R Brimfield

Healey, Samuel Sheffield

Hemsworth, William T W. Roxbury

Ingraham, Edw. A Framingham

Kettelle, Geo. M Boston

Kennison, Geo. B Hopkinton

Kilgour, Hannibal C Boston

Lee, Marshall Southboro

Lowden, Thomas Boston

Morrissey, Daniel

Marsliall, Albert A N. Andover

Moore, Chas. D Boston

Marsh, James H Auburn

Messer, Alvin A Boston

O'Neil, Wm. H

Pillsbury, Oliver S..S. Thomaston, Me.

Porter, Daniel P Boston

Robbins, Milton B Bath, Me.

*Richards, Enoch Boston

Ring, John E

Roberts, Edw. L

Schulze, Henry F Cambridge

Smith, Francis L Boston

Stevens, Wm. H Bangor, Me.

Starbird, John D Boston

Sanborn, Jeremiah P

Tracy, Henry A

Tolman, Augustus P

Tyler, John D Stoddard, N. H.

Warren, Geo. W Hopkinton

Williams, Chas Boston

Wenzell, Phillip Roxbury

Wheeler, Carlton A Roxbury, N. H.

Winchester, Greenville H Boston

Wilson, Jas. A Scarboro, Me.

* Re-enlisted

282

Minute Men of '61

Geo. a. B. R. Spragve

Minute Men of '61

Third Battery Rifles

A. B. R. Sprague, born in Ware, Mass.,
March 7, 1827. Captain Company A,
Third Battalion, M.V.M., April 17, 1861;
lyieutenant-Colonel Twenty-Fifth Massa-
chusetts Infantry ; Colonel Fifty-First

Massachusetts Infantry ; Lieutenant-Col-
onel Second Massachusetts Heavy Artil-
lery ; Colonel Second Massachusetts Heavy
Artillery ; Brevet Brigadier-General United
States Volunteers.

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283

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Minute Men of '61

Co. D. Third Battalion

A\'illiani B. Bo\'den enlisted April 25,
1861, in a company. being formed In- Cap-
tain Dodd; left Boston on steamer, " Cam-
bridge," for Fortress Monroe; took an
ordnance, then went to Washington by
way of the Potomac River, remained there
one week; ordered to Fort McHenry with
two other companies and formed the
Third Battalion of Massachusetts Rifles,
Major Devens in command, known as
Company D; remained until Jul}- 25, spent
most of the time in remounting guns,
then returned to Boston. Mustered out
August 2, in Boylston Hall. Died Octo-
ber 15, 190".

CnARLp:s A. I.,kg(;
Minute Men of '61
Co. B, ,'d Battalion. Sergt. Co. C. 1st Mass. Cav.

Born in Boston, Mass., March 14, 1840.
Lived in Auburn, when President called
for troops April 15, 1861 ; enli.sted in
Worcester City Guards ; owing to a surplus
of Recruits was transferred to Company
B, Third Battalion of Rifles, left Worcester
April 20, at ten ]).m., for Washington.
The ovation they received in New York
City, when they arrived at eight a.m., was
an event long to be remembered.

They were camped at Fifth Avemie
Hotel where they had breakfast and dinner
and spent part of the day in Seventh Regi-
ment Armory. Marched to wharf in the
afternoon and embarked on steamship for
Annapolis, where they were on duty .some
weeks, thence to Fort McHenry the balance
of their term, and were nuistered out at
Worcester, August 3. September 17, he
again enli.sted in Company C, First Massa-
cliu.setts Cavalry for three years.

Was with his Company all through the
war, re-enlisted January 1, 1864, made a
Sergeant May 16, same year, afterwards
Companies C and D, of our Regiment, was
detailed at General Medd's headquarters
of Army of the Potomac for escort and
orderly dutv ; was made Color Sergeant
and carried " Old Glory," until the close
of the War at Appomattox.

284

MrxuTK Men of '61

Robert I',. Thomas, Brooklyn. N. Y.

:Miiiute Men of '61

Co. B, 3d Battery Rifle.'--, Co. C, 53d Muss. Vols.

Robert B. Thoma.s wa.s born December
27, 1837, served first in Company B (Hol-
(len Rifles), Third Battalion of Rifles,
M.V.M, from'April 20 to August 3, 1861.
His service was in Marjland, mainly at
Annapolis and Fort McHenry, although
there were occasional trips by water up
and down Chesapeake Bay. He enlisted
again in November, 1862, in Company C,
Fifty-Third Massachusetts Volunteers, and
served in the Department of the Gulf from
January 30 to Augu.st 12, 1863, taking part
in the long and'ar(UTOUs siege of Port Hud-
son, L/a. Comrade Thomas coiues of fight-
ing stock, as his great grandfather was a
Ivieutenant from Massachusetts in the
French and Indian wars. His great- uncle,
for whom" he was named, was the founder
of that most widely read of New England
Annuals, " The'Old Farmer's Almanack,"
now in its one hitndred and sixteenth
y^r.

JrDCK Ch.aklics Dkvkns, Worcester, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

3d Mass. Battalion, Brigr. Cen. U. S. Vols.

Charles Devens was born in Charlestown,
Mass., April 4. 1826, of Revolutionary an-
cestors.

A gradtiate of Harvard Colle.ge at the age
of eighteen, in 1838 ; admitted to bar in
1840 ; was appointed United States Marshal
by President Taylor, 1849 to 1853.

April 15, 1861, upon the first call of
President Ivincoln for troops, Mr. Devens
was appointed Major Third Massachusetts
Battalion Rifles. While in command at
Fort McHeiir}-, Baltimore, was appointed
Colonel of Fifteenth M.V.M. In Novem-
ber, 1861, was made Brigadier-General,
commanding in many important eng^age-
nients and several times wounded. Early
in 1865, vtpon recommendation of General
Grant, General Devens was brevetted
Major-CTeneral, and by special request of
General Grant, remained in service of the
Government until near the close of 1866.
Early in 1867, he was appointed by Gov-
ernor Btillock, Judge in tlie Superior Court
and by Governor Washburn, to the Su-
preme Judicial Coitrt.

In 1877 was made Attorney General of
the United States. Returning to Massa-
chusetts in April, 1881, was re-appointed
to the Supreme Jtidicial Court by Governor
Long, which po.sition he occupied until his
death, January 7, 1891.

A fine bronze statute of General Devens
has been placed in the park east side of
the State House.

MiNfTK Men of "61

285

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Minute Men of '61

3d Battalion Rifles, I^t. 25th Rest. Mass. Vols.

John Cri.mmtns. Leicester. Ma.ss.

Minute Men of '61

Co. C. Third Battalion

Corp. John C. (;k.\v, Soniervillc. Mass.

Minute Men of 'ol

Co. I), M Battalion Rifles. Co. H, Sth Mass. 9 mos.

.I.\.Mi;s TrcKKK. Winchester. Ma.-^s.

Jlinute Men of '61

M\ ISattalion Rifles. Col. 2.=;th Rest. Mass. Vols.

Boston Light Artillery, Cook's Battery
Minute Men of '61

(Three Months' Volunteers.)

On the morning of April 20, 1S61,
Major Cook received orders to have his
Company ready to proceed to Wash-
ington, with Colonel Lavi^rence in com-
mand.

The Company numbered over one
hundred and twenty men, and were each
armed with a sabre and a revolver, and
provided with heavy overcoats by the
State. Their battery consisted of six
six-pounders, together with seventy
horses, ten tons of cartridges, shot and
grape. The corps marched to the Wor-
cester depot between one and two o'clock
a.m. Here they remained iintil the ar-
rival of the Fifth Regiment, and left
with them early Sunday morning, April
21. At Framingham they were sur-
rounded by crowds and greeted with
music and salutes of cannon. At every
stopping place, people left their homes
and churches to show their approval
of the cause, and their admiration of
the troops who, forgetting everything
but country, were ready to peril life
for it.

They arrived in New York about dark
and embarked in t-he steamer "De Soto,"
and sailed for Fortress Monroe, thence
direct to Annapolis, where they arrived
early April 24. The patriotic and cor-
dial feelings which met them at every
station in Massachusetts, Connecticut,
and New York, as they passed along,
were chilled by the traitorous and hos-
tile rebel atmosphere of Maryland; and
preparations were made to gallantly
meet and repel any attack that might
be made upon tlaem.

At Annapolis they were quartered in
the Naval School buildings, and re-
mained as a guard for troops i)assing
to Washington, until May 4, when they

marched to the Relay House, nine miles
southwest of Baltimore,, and encamped
on the heights. Here they remained
for some time as a guard, and were
daily exercised in drilling and other
military duties, being mustered into
United States service May 18.

On June 13, went to Baltimore with
the Sixth Regiment to protect the polls,
and encamped at Mt. Clare, a suburb
of the city. Major Cook received a
letter from Major-General Dix, on July
26, stating that, though the term of
service of the Company had expired,
yet it was the earnest desire of the
Department Commander that the Bat-
tery should continue to hold their posi-
tion until July 30. In accordance with
this request, the letter was read to the
members of the corps, who voted to a
man to accede to the wish of General
Dix, for whom they gave three cheers
and a skyrocket.

On August 3, the Battery arrived in
Boston once more, and were met with
a most cordial reception, and escorted
into the city by the First Battalion of
Dragoons, Major AVhite; the Second
Battalion of Infantry, Major Newton;
and the National Lancers, Captain
Slade; and welcomed in a speech by
Mayor Wightman, and were shortly mus-
tered out.

BOSTON LIGHT ARTILLERY

(COOK'S BATTERY), BOSTON.

(Three Months' Volunteers.)

Orders were received at 8.30 o'clock
on the morning of April 20, 1861, by Ma-
jor Cook, to have his Company in readi-
ness to proceed to Washington with

288

Minute Men of '61

Colonel Lawrence's Command, and at
10 o'clock in the evening he reported
that his Company was ready. Dm-ing
the day they were busily engaged in
perfecting arrangements to leave, The
Company numbered over 120 men, and
were each armed with a sabre and a
revolver, and provided with heavy over-
coats by the State. They supped at the
Cornhill Hotel, the interior of which
was beautifully decorated in their
honor, and having sent forward, at 10
o'clock in tJie evening, their battery of
six brass six-pounders, together with
seventy horses selected mainly from
the Metropolitan Railroad Stables,- and
ten tons of cartridges, shot and grape,
the corps marched to the Worcester
Depot between one and two o'clock.
Here they remained until the arrival of
the Fifth Regiment, and left with them
early Sunday morning, the 21st. Stop-
ping at Framingham, to wood and wa-
ter, they were surrounded by crowds,
who manifested the greatest excite-
ment, and not only showered blessings
upon them, but greeted them with mu-
sic and salutes of cannon, and forced
upon them eatables in great abundance.
Indeed, at every stopping place the peo-
ple left their houses and churches to
show their approval of the cause, and
their admiration of the troops, who,
forgetting everything but country, were
ready to peril life for it.

They arrived at New York about
dark, and embarked late that evening in
the steamer "De Soto," in which they
sailed for Fortress Monroe. They ar-
rived the 23d, at noon, and were or-
dered direct to Annapolis, and arrived
there early the next morning. The pa-
triotic and cordial feelings which met
them at every station in Massachusetts,
Connecticut and New York, as they
passed along, were here chilled by the
traitorous and hostile rebel atmosphere
pf Maryland; and preparations were

made to gallantly meet and repulse any
attack that might be made upon them.

At Annapolis they were quartered at
the Naval School Building, and re-
mained posted in this city as a safe-
guard for troops passing to Washing-
ton, until May 4th, when they marched
to the Relay House and encamped.
Here they remained for some time as a
guard, and were daily exercised in drill-
ing and in other military duties. May
18, the oath of allegiance to the United
States was administered to the corps by
Lieut. H. S. Putnam. June 13, went to
Baltimore with the Sixth Regiment, to
protect the polls, it being election day
in that city, — returned soon after to the
Relay Station, but were immediately
again ordered to Baltimore, and en-
camped at Camp Clare. June 30, or-
dered to march from the camp into the
heart of the city, two detachments be-
ing stationed in Monument square, and
the others at the Custom House. July
10th, returned to Camp Clare.

July 26, Major-General Dix addressed
a letter to Major Cook, stating that,
though the term of service of the com-
pany had expired, yet it was the earn-
est desire of the Major-General com-
manding that they should continue to
hold their position until the 30th.

In acordance with this request the
letter was read to tiie members of the
corps, who voted to a man to accede to
the wish of General Dix, for whom they
gave three cheers and a "skyrocket."

August 3d, the Battery arrived in Bos-
ton once more, where they met with a
most cordial reception, being escorted
into the city by the First Battalion of
Dragoons, Major White; the Second
Battalion of Infantry, Major Newton, and
the Lancers, Captain Slade, and wel-
comed in a speech by Mayor Wightman.

Thus ended the three-montJis' service
of Cook's Battery.

Minute Men of '61

289'

Boston Light Artillery, Cook's Batter}'
Minute Men of '61

Field and Staff.

Asa M. Cook, Major Somerville

Frederick A. Heath, Adjutant Boston

Thomas J. Foss, Quartermaster

John P. Ordway, Surgeon

F. Le Baron Monroe, Asst. Surg. .Medway

(Commissioned Assistant Surgeon 1st

Reg. Sept. 3, 1861.)
*Josiah Porter, 1st Lieut.. .N. Cambridge
*William H. McCarthy, 2nd Lt... Boston

*C. C. Mortimer, 3d Lieut

Robert L. Sawin, 4th Lieut

Chief Officers.

*Augustus P. Martin Boston

Daniel P. Sawyer Brookline

Horace N. Weld Boston

Charles M. Griffin

Lucius Cummings

(Accidentally broke his leg at the
corner of Blackstone and Hanover
Sts., when the Company paraded on
their return home.)
Joseph W. B. Wright Boston

Gunners.

♦Thomas M. Cargill Roxbury

*Charles H. Stoddard Boston

Jacob Federhen

Isaac Pierce Boston

♦William H. Thompson

Zacheus Holmes, Jr

James Waters, Bugler So. Boston

Henry A. Winship, Saddler Boston

*Enos Daily, Farrier

Privates.

*Adams, Matthew M Boston

Allen, Newell B Chelsea

*Brown, Benjamin B Boston

*Brown, George H

(Joined at Relay House.)

Brooks, Samuel Brighton

Bartley, Joshua H So. Boston

♦Barnes, Joseph C Boston

*Bruce, Frank

Bean, Albert

Barnard. Charles M

Barrens, George H Somerville

Blackburn, John W Boston

(Hospital Steward.)

Cheney, Gardner S

Cutler, George H Somerville

*Cavanaugh, George H So. Boston

*Carney, Lawrence Boston

Colbath, Charles S W. Roxbury

Dawes. Albert G E. Boston

Drew, John Boston

Dearborn, James S

Dyer, Charles H

Darcy, John S E. Boston

*Dunn, Valentine M Charlestown

*Evans, George W Somerville

♦French, Charles W Boston

Fisher, William H

♦Foster, Porter B

(Joined at Relay House.)
♦Follett, Charles A.

(Joined at Baltimore.)

♦Golleff, Philip W

Gardner, Frank

Garland, James W

(Joined at Relay House.)

Higgins, Andrew M So. Boston

♦Howe, Charles L. F Boston

Hurd Sumner F

♦Hill, James A

HoUis, George W

Holmes, Luther E Wayland

Johnson. Alfred So. Boston

♦Johnson, George H Boston

Jones, William P

Kramer, George Baltimore

(Joined at Relay House.)
Lynch, Nicholas G Boston

(Joined at Relay House.)

Levering, Harrison Charlestown

♦Lull, Frederick A Cambridgeport

*Re-enli.sted

290

Minutb: Men of '61

Maynard. Henry F Boston

Morse, Nathaniel E. Cambridge

*Marear, Josepli H Boston

Morrill, Edward P

Mason, Thomas T So. Boston

*Minot, Joseph S Boston

McClure, Joseph H

Merrill, Charles E So. Boston

*Nason, James H N. Cambridge

Nichols, William H Charlestown

Newcomb, Leonard E Boston

*Osgood, Thomas B So. Boston

*Osgood, Lewis V Charlestown

*Patterson, William B Boston

(Joined at Relay House.)

*Presby, Charles E N. Cambridge

Pepper, Charles H Boston

*Prescott, William H

Prescott, George H

Packard, Charles H

Pratt, Joshua H Chelsea

*Rowland, James S So. Boston

*Richardson, Joseph W Boston

Stone, Martin A

Sanborn, George W

Simmonds, Harrison O

*Sinclare, James Brook! ine

(Joined at Relay House.)

Steer, William F Somerville

*Skinnings, William H Boston

Sawin, Nathaniel G

Sawin, William B

( Killed by accidental discharge of

pistol June 29.)

*Snell, Oliver S Boston

*Stevens, Philip C

Stow, H. A Worcester

(Accidentally shot in the thigh and

returned home.)

Stone, Sylvester Boston

*Trumbull, Nathaniel

*Thomas, Enoch Brookline

*Tyler, Philip H Charlestown

Williams, Elbridge S Boston

Walker, Albert S Charlestown

Wild, Henry W Somerville

Waterman, Otis V So. Boston

Woodsum, William Boston

Wyman, Henry

* Warren, Henry M

*Warren, W. G

*Wachter, Philip Charlestown

Welch, Benjamin F Boston

*Walker, Ira

Winslow, Charles H Cambridge

*Re-eiilisted

Minute Men of '61

291

Skrgt. James H. Nason

Minute Men of '61

Cook's First Massachusetts Batter\

James H. Nason was born in Uoston,
Mass., Angnst <S, 1841, liis parents being
James Bullard Nason and Caroline Jenni-
son. He is great grandson of Nathaniel
Nason of Walpole, Mass., who was a Colo-
nial soldier and served in 1759 and 1760 at
Fort Cumberland and at Crownpoint, and
■with his l)rothers, Thomas Jr., and Wil-
loughby, responded to the Lexington
alarm of April 19, 1775. He later served
several enlistments in the Continental
army.

His paternal grandmother was Rhoda
Whittemore, granddaughter of the aged
patriot, Samuel Whittemore, who at the
age of eight\- ye rs, on the retreat of the
British from Concord and Ivexington,
April 19, 1775, shot and killed three
British soldiers, whose comrades shot and
bayonetted the old man, leaving him for
dead. But he survived and lived to be
ninety-eight 3'ears of age.

iVIr. Nason 's maternal grandfather was
iJaniel Jennison of Sutton, Mass., who

292

Minute Men of ,61

also served in the Revolution, and who
married Molly Putnam, a cousin of Gen-
eral Rufi:s Putnam, the favorite engineer
of (jeneral Washington.

Mr. Nason was educated in the Mavhew
School, Boston, under Master vSamuel
Swan of Dorchester, graduating in 1855,
and upon moving with his parents to
North Cambridge, entered the English
High School. His father soon after was
appointed Postmaster of the place, and
carried on the business of apothecary.

In politics Mr. Nason was a Democrat,
but at the breaking out of the Rebellion
became a staunch supporter of the Govern-
ment. At the first call for troops, April
15, 1861, he joined the Boston Light Ar-
tillery (First Ivight Battery), Major Asa
M. Cook commanding, with Josiah Porter
of North Cambridge, First Ivieutenant,
who subsequently became Adjutant Gen-
eral of the State of New York.

Upon arriving home Mr. Nason took up
the stud}- of law, with Hon. Isaac Story;
soon however, under authority of Gover-
nor Andrew, he commenced to recruit a
company with a commission , for the war.
While thus engaged, the call for troops to
serve for nine months was made, and
yielding to the persuasions of family and
friends, he joined Company A, Forty-
Seventh Massachusetts Regiment, Captain
Albert h. Stickney, who appointed him
Sergeant. The Regiment left in Decem-
ber, 1862, and who, after a short stay in
camp at Union Race Course, East New
York, proceeded to New Orleans with
General Banks' expedition. The Regi-
ment was there broken up into details for

garrison dutv. Mr. Nason being in com-
mand of the guard at the commissary
depot of the Department of the Gulf.
I'pon the return of the Regiment he
abandoned the law and entered the office
of T. J. Dunbar & Co., Boston, for whom
he l>ecame confidential clerk for several
years. He married in 1865, Miss Helen
Baldwin of North Cambridge; at her death
in 1868, closely following that of his
father, he removed to New York and
entered the grocery house of H. K. Thur-
ber & Co., subsequently becoming a lead-
ing salesman with FVancis H. IvCggett &
Co., and later the Royal Baking Powder
Company.

In 1872 he married Miss Helen M.
Alden, daughter of Edwin A. Alden of
Troy, N. Y., a direct descendant of John
and Priscilla Alden of the Mayflower.

Mr. Nason was with the American Sugar
Refining Company of New York for
several years, and is now occupying the
position of Clerk in Magistrate's Court,.
Borough of Brooklyn, N. Y.

In 1906 Mr. Nason was honored by the
Massachusetts Minute Men's Association
by an election to the office of Lieu-
tenant-Commander at large, and in 1907
was made Commander of the Association.
He is also Past President of the First
Ivight Battery Association, Boston Light
Artillerj'.

Mr. Nason' s family now (1910) consists,
of wife, Helen, daughters, Bertha G. , and
Helen M., and a son, Haywood Whitte-
more, an infant daughter. May, dying in
1880.

Minute Men of '61

293

^M^""^

Gkorge H. Cavanagh, died March 31, 191(

Minute Men of '61

Cook's First Massachusetts Battery

George H. Cavanagh was born at 8 Bay
Street, Boston, June 16, 1839; went to
various primary schools until graduated
from the Hawes School at South Boston,
then oHe year at English High School in
1854. All the military duty he ever saw
until elected a member of the Battery on
April 15, 1881, was when a very small boy
and was follo\\'ing his father who was a
member of the Boston Artillery. On April
15, 1861, he was elected into the Battery
commanded by Major Asa M. Cook.
There were six -who were taken to make
up the quota out of some two hundred who
applied. Were kept at the Armory until
April 20 ; left the Armory about ten p.m. ,
and marched to the Corn Hill House, now

Yoimg's Hotel, where they sat down to a
bountiful Ijanquet, after which they
marched to Harvard Street, loaded horses,
guns and amnumition on cars and started
off with the Fifth Regiment, ^^'ent that
day to Fortress Monroe in the steamer " De
Soto," then to Annapolis, arriving on the
twenty-third. May 4, went to Relay
House and to Baltimore June 30 ; stayed
there till July 30, then started for home,
arrived August 3, and was dischasged ; re-
enlisted ()i;tober 8, in Company A, Captain
Henry h- Higginson, First Massachusetts
Cavalry for three years ; was wounded
twice slightly, discharged November 7,
1864 ; was pensioned Finst Sergeant.

Minute Men of

Nicholas C. I^yxch

Minute Men of '61

First Massachusetts Battery

One of his late Comrades has said, the
following account of his war record is as
accurate as I can remember. Nicholas G.
I/ynch was born in Boston, Mass., July,
1841. He was nineteen years of age when
he enlisted for the War of the Rebellion
with the First Massachusetts Light Bat-
tery. He re-enlisted under Captain Josiah
Porter, commanding, the roster of that
battery shows, October 3, 1861. He was
Guidon, and later became a Corporal.

While at Brighton he was a member of
the Francis Washburn, Post 75, G-A-R.
He moved with his family to New York in

1884. For a number of years before his
death December 6, 1903, he was a member
of Rankin Post No. 10, G-A-R Brooklyn,
N. Y., and at the time of his death was-
Chaplain and Color Bearer of that Post.

In the story of the First Massachusetts
Light Battery, Sixth Army Corps by A. J.
Bennett, of that Battery, the war record of
Comrade Lynch is given.

Shortly before his death, he received his
medal to the Minute Men of '61, and was
very much pleased with it. It is highly
prized by his family.

Minute Men of '61

295

Frank Gardner, Atlantic, Ma.s>.

Minute Men of '61
Cook's First Massachusetts Battery

Frank Gardner was born in Boston,
August 24, 1840. He responded to Lin-
coln's first call, April 15, 1861, and served
in Cook's First Battery, Massachusetts
Volunteer Light Artillery for three
months, participating in the operations
under General Butler at Annapolis Relay
House and Baltimore. He re-enlisted as
Sergeant in the T'welfth Massachusetts
Battery, Light Artillery, Captain Jacob
Miller commanding, and served till the
close of the Nineteenth Corps under Gen-
erals Butler, Banks and Canby.

His campaigning, extended through
New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Port Hudson
and the Tash Country. He was on Cav-
alry scout service part of the time. Was
one of a detachment that succeeded in
getting the first dispatches to Admiral
Farragut after his memorable fight at
Vicksburg. Was mustered out at Boston,
July 25, 1865.

Has been a member of John A. Andrew
Post 15, G-A-R since 1865. Is in the
clothing business and resides at North
Quincy, Mass.

296

Minute Men of '61

Maj. Asa M. Cook

Mimite Men of '61

1st Mass.I,t. Art., Sth Mass. Battery

A.sa M. Cook, was born in New Durham,
N. H., in 1823. His parents moved to
Exeter, Me., in 1824, and he was educated
in the public schools of that place. At the
age of nineteen he came to Boston and was
one of the original members, a Sergeant of
Boston Light Artillery, and became its
commander early in 1861. At the .arst call
for troops b}- President L/incoln he re-
sponded with the Boston Ivight Artillery
(known as Cook's Battery), participating
in the operations under General Butler at
Baltimore, Relay House, Annapolis, etc.,
after this term of service returning to
Massachusetts ; and in 1862, at the request
of Governor Andrew organized the Eighth
Massachusetts Battery for six months' ser-
vice, participating in the battles of second
Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain and
Antietam. After the war, he resumed his
former position in the Custom House, a
position he occupied for about thirty j-ears.
He has also carried on the teaming and
express business for nearh' a half century,
making his home in Reading, Mass. De-
ceased.

C.APT. Joseph H. (^lisason

Minute Men of '61

Third Battalion

Joseph H. Gleason was born in Lang-
don, N. H., Felmiary 13, 1823. vSon of
Colonel Joseph Gleason. In 1848, he
married Abbie G. Bailey of Holden, Mass.
who died in 1903. In 1893 he removed to
Everett, Mass. On April 18, 1861, he,
with Company B, left Holden after five
hours' notice, in response to the fir.st call
of . President Ivincoln for troops, and
reported at Worcester, and on April 20,
left for the seat of the reliellion, with
Worcester City Guards and Emmet
Guards, all under the command of Major
Charles Devens. They first went to
Annapolis, where they remained about
two weeks, then to Fort McHenry, Balti-
more, and remained there fifteen weeks.

In 1863 he went to Kentucky as a mem-
ber of the Quartermaster's staff of the
Twenty-First Regiment, M.V.M., which
was located at camp Nelson, where as
superintendent of construction he had
charge of over five hundred men, and
erected one hundred buildings in camp.
In Holden he held several responsible
positions of honor and trust. Was Jus-
tice of the Peace forty-two years.

Minute Mkn of '61

297

Henry A. Winship

Minute Men of '61

Cook's Battery

Henry A. Winship was born in Boston,
Mass., August 24, 1822, and ■w^as the son
of Stephen Winship and 'wife, Elizabeth
Williams Pollard, who was daughter of
Colonel Moses Pollard.

At the time of his enlistment he was
engaged in the trunk, bag and military
equipment business, and left it to join the
battery in response to President Ivincoln's
first call for troops, April 15, 1861. The
battery left Boston on Sunday, morning ,
April 21, and proceeded to New York by
rail, thence to Annapolis, Md., by -water,
the confederates having destroyed the
railroads and bridges, between Philadel-
phia and Baltimore.

Mr. Winship was the artificer or saddler
of the Battery, for which his trade in
leather had well fitted him. He resicies in
Boston, and is a member of G-A-R Post
No. 35, of Chelsea, Mass.

Mr. Winship comes from Colonial and
Revolutionary stock, of which he is proud,
and rightly .so. He is a direct descendant
of Ivieutenant Edward Winship, who set-
tled in Cambridge, IVIass., in 1635, and
■was one of the first officers of the Ancient
and Honorable Artillery.

He is also a grandson of John Winship,
whovwas one of the sixty minute men that
faced the eight hundred British .soldiers on
Lexington Common on the morning of
the ever memorable April 19, 1775.

Dr. Geokge D. Cho.a.ti;. Boston. Mass.

Jlinute Men of '61

Re-enlisted Sergt. in 23d Regt. Mass. Vols.

Dr. George D. Choate, 405 Newbury
Street, Boston. Born in Ipswich, Mass.,
November 17, 1833. Answered first call
while on a visit in Pennsylvania, Minute
Men of '61. Re-enli.sted Sergeant in
Twenty-Third Regiment Massachusetts
Volunteers.

Died April 14, 1909, at] 405 Newbury
Street, Boston.

298

Minute Men of '61

Albert S. Walker, Boston, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

1st Mass. Battery, l^ieut. 14th Mass. Battery

Albert S. Walker was born in Dixfield,
Me., May 8, 1836, and was the son of
Christopher 0.,and Adeline B. (Torrey)
Walker. He was a relative of General
Riifus Putnam of Revolutionary fame. He
married November 24, 1860, Ardelia L.
Messer. The)' have one child, a daugh-
ter, Cora M., born in Bo.ston, Mass., who
married Horace A. Kyes.

His grandfather was one of the early
settlers in Dixfield, Me., spending his
leisure hours in hunting and trapping
from the Androscoggin to Sandy River.
He served in the war of 1812, and built a
log fort on his farm, for protection from
Indians, and where all the women and
children used to stay dtiring the early
years of the settlement. Soon after com-
ing to Boston lyieutentant Walker was
employed for a number of years in the
provision business in Faneuil Hall market.
In 1859 he engaged in business on his own
account, until April 18, 1861, when the
war talk became so hot, that he .sold out,
and in twenty minutes reported for enlist-
ment in Cook's Battery, pa3'ing a fee of
$500 to become a member. The Battery
left Boston on Sunday morning, April 21,
1861, and proceeded by rail to New York,
thence by steamer, "DeSoto," to Annap-
olis, Md.;on May 5, it marched across
country to Klkridge L/anding and en-
camped on Relay Heights, nine miles
southwest of Baltimore, v.'here entrench-

Albekt ,S. \V.\lker, Boston, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Cook's 1st Mass. Bat., I^ieut. 4th Mass. Bat.

ments were thrown up for the two guns of
the fir.st section, two others of the left sec-
tion being posted on the railroad to Har-
per's Ferry, the center .section being
posted on the hill, overlooking and com-
manding all approaches.

Upon the return of the Batter}- at close
of term of service, three months, he be-
came ill with typhoid fever, which left
him in very poor health, .so he could not
re-enltst as he de.sired to do, until January,
1864, when he joined the Fourteenth
Massachusetts Light Battery, for three
years, under Captain J. W. B. Wright, and
was made Quartermaster Sergeant, serv-
ing as such until the battle of Fort Stead-
man, March 25, 1865, and was then pro-,
moted to be Second Lieutenant to fill the
vacancy caused b}' the death of Lieutenant
F. B. Nye, killed in this battle and where
one section of the Battery was killed or
taken prisoners.

At the close of the war the Battery
marched from Petersburg, Va., through
Richmond to Alexandria, and took part in
the Grand Review at Washington, and was .
mustered out in Boston, June 5, 1861.

Lieutenant Walker was engaged in the
many battles: Wilderness, Va., May 5,
6 and 7, 1864; Spottsylvania, Va., North
Anna River, Tolopotomy Creek, Bethesda
Church, Cohl Harbor, siege of Petersburg.

He is a charter r^ ember of John A.
Haiue 1 o.'^t, G-A-R of Fast Boston.

Minute Men of '61

299

1,T. Robert T,. vSawin, Somerville, Mass.

Minute Men of "61

Cook's 1st JIass. Battery

Born in Boston, Mass., December 13,
1829. Had been a member of the Massa-
chusetts State Militia, prior to enlistment
in the battery as Private in Chelsea Light
Infantry, Captain Fellows, and in Boston
Light Infantry Captain Charles O. Rogers.
Commissioned Fourth Lieutenant, Light
Artillery, Battery No. 1, February 24, 1861,
and mustered into service May 18, 1861,
for three months, April 20, 1861, and mns-
tered out August 2, 1861. To the call for
troops issued by Governor Andrew April
15, 1861, the members of the battery re-
sponded unanimously and made prepara-
tions for immediate departure.

In a few days, orders came from General
B. F. Butler, commanding the district,
directing Major Cook to proceed im-
mediately with his command to Flkridge
Landing, on the Patapsco river. The bat-
tery moved at once across the countr\-
without support or escort of any kind, ex-
cepting a gtiide, and reached the landing
without opposition. Major Cook took
possession, pitched camp, btiilt earthworks,
planted guns and made read}- for action ;
seized the bluflf at the junction of the Balti-
more nn<\ Ohio Railroad, and the Railroad
to Washington, D. C, and placed his guns

in position to control both roads and the
railroad station. The battery remained at
the Landing, some little time varying the
monotony of camp life with an occasional
sortie one of which Lieutenant Mc-
Cartnev, with a section of the Battery,
captured members of the Secession Legis-
lature of Maryland and in another, a field
gun and ammunition at Ellicots Mills,
Md. Under order of General B. F.
Butter, the battery left the landing and
joined his command in a movement upon
Baltimore, Md., which was captured with-
out bloodshed. While in camp at Balti-
more, Private William B. Sawin, youngest
brother of Lieutenant Sawin, who was at
drill acting as gunner, was accordingly
killed by the discharge of his pistol. In
August, 1861, the battery was ordered
home and w-as nmstered out at Boston,
Mass., August 2, 1861, length of service
one hundred and five da^'S.

Immediately upon his discharge he
became active in recruiting a battery for
three years and on August 28, 1861, was
commissioned by Governor Andrew,
Second Lieutenant First Battery, Massa-
chusetts Light Artillery ; Captain Josiah
Porter. Soon after arrival at the front
Lietitenant Sawin was appointed adjutant
and quartermaster of the Artillery Brigade
of First Division of General Franklin's
Corps, A. P., under Chiefs Captain Piatt
and Lieutenant Emery Upton, and upon
the consolidation of all the batteries into
one brigade, to be known as Artillery
Brigade vSixth Army Corps, Army of the
Potamac, Colonel Tompkins, Chief of
Artillery, Commanding. He was ap-
pointed aide-de-camp to the Chief and
served in that capacit}- until mustered out
October 6, at headquarters of General
Meade in the field near Petersbitrg, Va.
He acted also as adjutant quartermaster,
commissary ordinance and disbursing
officer. The first action in which he was
engaged was at West Point, Va., an
attempt by General Franklin to intercept
General Magruder on his retreat from
Yorktown, Va. vSept. 9 and 10, 1864,
under charge of General Regis de
Tobviand and tiutil mustered out was
acting adjutant of sixth batteries of Artil-
lerj-. Brigade Sixth Corps, in front of
Petersburg, making flaily reports to Major
General Hancock.

He was hit at PVedericksburg b\' a bullet
and at Cold Harbor b\- a piece of shell,
neither of which catised serious injury.
Since his return has been First Com-
mander and charter member of P. Stearns
Davis Post, No. 57, G-A-R., of Cambridge,
delegate to Grand Encampment of G-A-R. ,
at Pittsburg, Pa., and resides in Somer-
ville, Mass.

300

Minute Men of '61

Augustus p. Martin. Boston, Mass. (deceased)

Minute Men of '61
1st Mass. Bat. 3d Mass. I^isht Bat. Brig. Gen, V. S.V.

Augustus r. Martin was born in Abbott,
Me., November 23, 1S35. He served in
the three months' campaign as Sergeant
in the Boston Ught Artillery. When the
Third Massachusetts Battery was raised he
was made Senior First Lieutenant, Sep-
tember 5, 1861; Captain, November 28,
1861 ; Brevet Colonel , March 13, 1865. Dur-
ing his term he was Chief of Artillery for
the Fifth Corps. At the Battle of Gettys-
burg his services were conspicuous, and
the skill and energy displayed by him
were important factors in saving Little
Round Top and the whole line of the Fifth
Corps on the second day of that great
struggle. He received a special letter of
commendation from General Meade when
the Battery was mustered out, in which his
services at Gettysburg were referred to in
very flattering terms. He was severely
womided at Laurel Hill, May 8, 1864.
Since the war he has served as senior
Aide-de-Camp, with rank of Brigadier-
General to Governor Long; was Mayor of
Boston in 1884, Police Commissioner for
five years, and later Water Commissioner.
Died" March 13, 1903.

M.ARTIN A. .StOWE

Minute Men of '61
Cook's Battery

Martin A. Stowe was laorn in Grafton,
Mass., Octol)er 3, 1841. He entered busi-
ness as a clerk in Bo.ston, and while thus
engaged the mutterings of secession were
rife in our land. He joined the Boston
Litiht .\rtillery Company on April 6, 1861,
some time prior to the call for troops by
President Lincoln, firmly belie-v'ing that
their services wotild soon be required.

The Batterv responded to the call of
April 15, 1861^ leaving Boston on Sunday
morning, April 21. Proceeding to New
York h\ rail, the Battery was transported
to Annapolis, Md., by water on the
steamer, "DeSota,"on board which was
also the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment,
under Colonel Samuel C. Lawrence.
Shortlv after arriving at Annapolis naval
grounds the Battery made an overland
march, Mav 5, to the Relay Heights, Elk-
ridge Landing, Md., and during its term
of "service occupied several positions on
and around Baltimore, protecting that city
as well as the railroad to Harper's Ferry,
and that to Washington.

While on guard, was accidentally shot,
causing a wound, which though not seri-
ous, re'ndered him ineligible for re-enlist-
mei'it, upon his return from the three
months' service, he being rejected. Is a
member of G-A-R Post 10, George H.
Ward, of Worcester, Mass., also a member
of Howard Council 46, Royal Arcanum.

Minute Men of '61

301

George \V. Sanborn

Minute Men of '61

Cook's Battery

George W. Sanborn was born at Ports-
mouth, N. H., December 11, 1833. When
a young- man he enlisted in the navy serv-
ing four years, and upon the expiration
of his term of enlistment, located in
Boston, where he learned the trade of a
mason. At the first call of President
Lincoln for troops to protect the Capital,
he enlisted April 20, 1861, in the First
Massachusetts Battery, known as the
Boston Light Artillery under Capt. Asa M.
Cook, for three months. At the expira-
tion of his term of service, he returned to
Boston, re-enlisting August 25, 1862 in the
Eleventh Massachusetts Battery, as a
sergeant under Captain Edward J. Jones,
for nine months. He again enlisted in the
same batter}- to serve to the end of the

iwar, being commissioned a seconil Lieut-
enant.

At the close of the war he made his
home in Charlestown, and resumed his

j work as a mason. He married Miss Kate
Andrews l)y whom he had five children,

(four of whom are now living. Mr. San-
born was a member of the old Boston Fire

1 Department, also of Abraham Lincoln
Post 11, G-A-R. He died at Charlestown,
Mass., September 9, 1882.

I_EWis V. Osgood

Minute Men of '61

Cook's Battery

Lewis V. Osgood was born at Raymond,
N. H., January 1, 1833. Enlisted INIajor
Cook's Battery for three months, April 20,
1861. Re -enlisted for three years, Sep-
tember 5, 1861, in Battery C, D H. Follett
commanding. Made Sergeant August 4,
1862; commissioned Second Lieutenant,
March 4, 1863; promoted Fir.st Lieutenant,
.Sixteenth Massachusetts Battery, March
16, 1864, and served until expiration of
service. Mustered out June 27, 1865.
Member of James A. Perkins Post, Everett,
Mass. Married Adelaide L. Cole, daugh-
ter of John S. Cole, at Charlestown, Mass.,
April 12, 1861. Died as a result of an
accident July 11, 1903, at Everett, Mass.,
aged sixty-nine years.

302

Minute Men of '61

Philip H. Tyler

Minute Men of '61

1st Mass Cook's Battery

Philip II. T\ler, 1)orn and educated at
Charlestown, Mass., enlisting when 26
years of age. Enrolled as Sergeant Major
Cook's Battery, April 20, 1861, D. H.
Follett commanding. Discharged 1)y
command of Major General B. McClellan,
at camp near Knoxville, Va., Oct. 15,
1862. He married Miss Georgette,
daughter of John S. Cole of Charlesto-wn,
Mass. Died May 23, 1906, at Wellesley
Hills, age 71 years.

Henry M. Warre.x

Minute Men of '61
Cook's Battery

Henr\- M. Warren was born in Boston,
Januar\' 15, 1837. Educated in the public
schools of Boston. Enlisted in Major Asa
M. Cook's Battery, the Boston Light Artil-
lery, April 20, 1861, to serve three months,
and was mustered out on Jul\' 26, b\'
expiration of term. Re-enli.sted in Cap-
tain Josiah Porter's First Massachusetts
Light Battery, August 28, 1861, as a Cor-
poral. Served three years and was mus-
tered out by reason of expiration of term
of service.

He took part in the following battles :
West Point, Gaines Mills, Charles City
Cross Roads (or Glendale) , Malvern Hill,
Crampton's Pass, South Mountain, Antie-
tam, Fredericksburg, Salem Heights,
Gettysburg, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spott-
sylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Wil-
don Raid Road, Hantown, Cedar Creek,
Strawsburg. Mustered out August 8,
1864, at town hall, Shenandoah Valley,
Va. Residence Tatmton, Mass. A mem-
ber of Samoset Lodge, Knights of Honor
and an Elk, William H. Bartlett Post 3,
Department of Mas.sachu setts.

Married June 17, 1868, in Boston to
Miss Lizzie R. Atwoofl. Served tinder
McClellan, Franklin, Slocom, Burnside,
Hooker, Meade, tirant and Sheridan.

MiNUTiv Mkx of '61

303

Andrew JI. 1Iig(;ixs
Minute Men of '61

1st Mass. Cook's Hatterv

A. M. Hi.i^gins was Ijorn in Georgetown,
Me., Febrnary 25, 1836. His grandfather
was a soldier of the United States armv in

the war of 1812. Mr. Higgins' father was
a captain in the Maine State Militia. In
the si)ring of 1860 he joined the Ftrst
Massachusetts Ivight Battery, then known
as the Boston Light Artillery. On April
20, 1861, word came informing him the
Battery had been ordered to Washington.
He at once left his work, proceeded to
liis home, donned his uniform and reported
at the armory at 6.45 p.m. Mustered in
May 18. Mustered out, August 2.

On July 11, 1864, the Regiment formed
what was known as the Eleventh Battalion,
and he remained with that organization,
till the end of the war. His total time of
service was two years and two months.
He participated in the battles of Culpep-
per, Locust Grove, Mine Run, The Wil-
derness, Deep Bottom, Weldon Railroad,
Hatche's Rtm, February 5, 1865. He was
wotmded at the Battle of the Wilderness
during the second day of the fight, and at
the engagement at Hatche's Run, March
31, was taken prisoner. He was hororably
discharged with rank of Corporal on May
26, 1865. He has been an Odd Fellow for
thirty- four years and has received all the
honor that the subordinate lodge and the
encampment can give.

30+

Minute Men of '61

Joseph W. Richardson

Minute Men of '61

Cooks 1st Mass. Battery

John S. D'Arcv, T\son, Vt.

Minute Men of '61

iBt Mass. Battery, also Sth Mass. I^ight Battery

Albert S. Walker, Boston, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Cook's Battery

Henry A. Winship, Boston, Mass-
Minute Men of '61
Cook's 1st Mass. Battery

Minute Men of '61

205

Harrison Lovekim. Clillmulale. "SI;
Minute Men of '61
Cook's Ist Mass. Battery

Corp. Z.acheus Holmes (decea.sed)

Minute Men of '61

Cook'.s 1st Mass. Bat. (•,ett.\shurs- Post. 191. G-A-R

^GEORGE'Cutter.'Sonierville, Mass.

iMinute Men of '61

1st Mass. .Battery

James 'Watters. .Somen,'ille, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Bugler 1st Mass..Battery, Band Master V . S. A.

306

Minute Men of '61

FORT jMCITENKT
MARYLAND

Maj 1861.

I^HlEUT. JOSIAH PICKETT

2°LIEUT. GEORGL

CAPTAIN ABT^s.SPRAGUE

eOMPANY A.
3'-BATTALLlON RIFLES. M.V.M.

WORCESTER
CITY GUARDS

4•'^JtUi EA HARKNES5

S"" LIEUT. ORSON MOULTON.

Minute Men of '61

307

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MINUTE MEN

"MINUTE AIEX."

The historian of the present day mav
justly extoll and eulogize the Massachu
setts Minute Men of 1861, because of
their instant and prompt response to the
first call of President Abraham T^incoln
for troops in April, 1861, to suppress the
rebellion against the legal and lawfuUv
constituted government of the United
States of America. For oh, how
promptly they did respond, and form
line of ranks, not waiting for uniforms,
and gladly accepting the old smooth
bore for arms, with ball and buck for
cartridges. But what they did, and
what they accomplished, directly and
indirectly, otherwise than giving quick
response, never has been, and cannot
be recorded by the historian with any
degree of full justice, if, indeed, it can
be estimated.

What though the old Sixth Regi
ment of Massachusetts Volunteer Mili-
tia, so justly termed Minute Men of

1861, saved Washington, the National
Capitol, and the approaches thereto,
after passing through the hostile city of
Baltimore, Md., April 19, there receiv-
ing and repulsing a cowardly attack
from the foe. What though the pave-
ments of the city of Baltimore were
painted with the first blood of the war,
the blood of Sumner H. Needham of
Lawrence, Mass., and of Addison O.
Whitney and Luther O. Ladd of Low-
ell, and the blood of Charles A. Taylor,
all of whom gave their precious lives
for the Union and Freedom, as mem-
bers of the Sixth Regiment of M.V.M..
under comma'nd of its colonel. Edward
F. Jones of Pepperell, Mass., wlio today
(April 19, 1908)' survives his valued ser-
vices of war time. It is a sorrowful
fact, however, to record that he is blind,
and not able to meet his boys of w^ar
time with the same pleasure that you
and I do. What though the old Third
and Fourth Regiments of M.V.M.,
Massachusetts Minute Men, also of 1861.
saved Fortress Monroe, Va., the lai'gest
fortress of the United States Govern-
ment, and then the most important,
whose heavy armament had been dis-
mounted and stacked in the ordnance
park, by order of traitorous officials,
hoping to make the capture of the for-
tress by the enemy an easy task, whose
hopes were utterly blasted on the
prompt arrival of the Massachusetts
Minute Men, who almost immediately
on their arrival proceeded to Norfolk,
Va., and destroyed the Gosport Navy
Yard, to prevent its being advantage-
ously occupied by the enemy. What of
all this and more by the men to whom,
when tiiey took their departure, on the
expiration of their term of service,
Colonel Dimmick. the regular officer in
command of the Fortress, said in his
speech bidding them farewell, etc.:
"Next to Regulars, let me command
Massachusetts Volunteers." What

though the old Fifth and Eighth Massa-
chusetts. M.V.M., Massachusetts Minute
Men of 1861, occupied Annapolis, Md.,
holding and comnumding the railroads.

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putting the badly disabled locomotives
and rolling stock in serviceable condi-
tion, in short, maintaining a new route
and line of communication between the
Capitol at Washington and the North,
so as to get orders, supplies and re-
enforcements, should other lines be ob-
structed.

History justly extolls also the per-
formance of important and timely ser-
vice of two other organizations of
Massachusetts Minute Men of 1861, the
Third Battalion of Massachusetts
Riflemen and First Massachusetts Light
Battery. Again the writer asks, what
of all this mentioned duty performed?
It is not all that was performed by these
men, neither did Adjutant-General
Schouler in his report to Governor John
A. Andrews mention all, when he said:
"They were the first to respond to the
first call for troops by the President,
the first to march through Baltimore to
the defence of the Capitol, the first to
shed their blood for the maintenance of
our Government, the first to open the
new route to Washington by way of An-
napolis, the first to land on the soil of
Virginia. They upheld the good name
of Massachusetts during their entire
term of service, etc., etc."

The Massachusetts Minute Men of
1861 was composed of the Third, Fourth,
Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Regiments of
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, also
the Third Battalion of Riflemen and
First Massachusetts Light Battery.

The foregoing organizations, augment
ed by companies properly and really as-
signed from other Massachusetts Mili-
tia Regiments, and by very many vol-
unteers to their ranks while on the
march, constituted the Massachusetts
Minute Men. of 1861.

All of these mentioned facts may be
found on history's pages, but the great
and valuable importance of it all is
quite impossible to pen or relate fully,
certainly not in condensed form.

Take, if you will, please, for consider-
ation and thought, "the power of influ-
ence of example," in promptness of re-

sponse to call for duty; truly in this re-
gard their quick response was mag-
netic, for as the "Minute Men" marched
along they were reinforced by volunteer
recruits to their ranks in the streets,
at the railroad stations and on the
steamboat wharves. Can I go? asks one
and another and another, addressing
the nearest to them of the marching,
host. The answer was: "Ask the cap-
tain," and the captain's answer was:
"Fall in." And so he does "fall in,"
quickly catching step to the squealing,
fife and rattling drum. May be, if op-
portunity offered, by some boy or man,
he sent word to mother, sister or sweet-
heart that he liad gone with the "Min-
ute Men." So he was "in it" and happy
of the chance and joyous when later he
received his smooth bore and cartridge
box, and in ecstasies, if in season for
the chilly night he received a U. S.
blanket and stiff-caped blue overcoat
that he might cover himself while ly-
ing on the steamer's deck or the smooth
hardwood car seat, where as many as
one impolite fellow was smoking, and
all expressing their eagerness to debark
soon in "Dixie Land."

Another instance of response to "in-
fluence of example," and by the cap-
tain's welcome consent, was that of
Charles A. Taylor, who joined the ranks
of Lowell Company D of the Sixth
Massachusetts Minute Men. He was
killed in Baltimore, April 19.

History repeats itself, for it is record-
ed that Minute Men of 1775-6 left their
plow in the furrow in their hasty re-
sponse to the call for the defence of the
colonies.

So also it is true that in one of our
Massachusetts Plymouth County towns,
Halifax, I believe, on the morning of
April 16, 1861, while one of the men of
that town's Company (Company A»
Third Regiment, M.V.M.), was hasten-
ing to the early morning train, a clear-
sighted farmer, plowing new ground,
down near the meadow, hallooed to him
as a country neighbor whom he recog-
nized, and asked where he was going.

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"Going to Boston," he replied. "We got
orders in the night to be on the Com-
mon at ten o'clock this morning." The
plowman, turning his head and voice in
another direction, called some one, and
ordered the care of the team and plow,
for he was going to Boston with the
Company. So saying he hastened to the
fence on the roadside, and took his
jacket from the fencestake, threw it
-over his arm and accompanied his com-
rade of the same Company to Boston
■Common, thence to Portress Monroe,
Va. This instance of response to "influ-
ence by example" can be verified, as the
names of the parties have been an-
nounced at one of the reunions of the
Massachusetts Minute Men of 1861.

POWER OF INFLUENCE OF EXAM-
PLE.
Following the legal election of Abra-
ham Lincoln to the Presidency of the
United States in 1860, and his inaugura-
tion into that high and world-honored
office in March, 1861, there were grave
indications that domestic trouble was
coming to our prosperous government.
The greatest regret was that said trouble
might be because of difference between
the great Northern and Southern sec-
tions of our dear Republic, just how,
when or where, no one presumed to say,
for the hope was so strong that there
certainly would not be real war, and
that serious differences would certainly
be settled in some proper way to pre-
vent a conflict of arms. And so, in
suspense, hope and doubt balanced, for
a comparatively few days, when sud-
denly and like a lightning flash, the
great cannons of war, manned by a mis-
guided and ill-advised, hostile and re-
bellious force, opened an intended and
murderous fire at 4.20 a.m., April 12,
1861, upon Fort Sumter in Chai-leston
Harbor, South Carolina, then occupied
by a small force of government troops.
Like magic, or rather like electric, the
first shot fired upon Fort Sumter prac-
tically issued the first call for "Minute
Men" from every loyal state. How

quickly those of Massachusetts respond-
ed, and what an influence was their
example. Military men of the govern-
ment most instantly and wisely conclud-
ed that the short-term "Minute Men"
could hold the military positions for a
sufficient length of time for the govern-
ment to enlist and muster men for a
longer term of service, or during the
war.

And so it proved. But, what a rush
in response to the call. Even for weeks
after the "Minute Men" had left for
and arrived at the front, so great was
the response of men who desired to
join the companies of their friends that
had already gone, that Governor Andrew
was fearful that there would not be men
left in sufficient numbers to respond to
the anticipated call for three years men.
As a matter of fact, there were full
companies of men and officers raised
to join the regiments of their friends
who had already gone forward as "Min-
ute men." They reported to Governor
Andrew in Boston, and were rejected
for short term service, and told they
would be received for three years term
only. The reply was "that is all right,
chalk us down for three years," and so
they were "in it" as they said for three
years, chance to travel, liable to pro-
motion and found, or get shot.

One Company was a little stuffy, and
returned home on the late train, but
they returned to Boston on the early
morning train before any of their best
girls saw them and accepted the Gover-
nor's proposition.

The writer claims that this rush of
volunteers to service as soldiers, was by
influence of the example of the "Minute
Men of 1861."

These conclusions of the writer are
not from his own knowledge and con-
clusions alone, but the opinion of very
many others who were not Minute Men.

My first term of service was as a
"Minute Man," and when I left my vil-
lage home, I left behind a large num-
ber of chums of my age, and younger
boys. I felt quite satisfied with myself

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as being the first one in my town to
volunteer tliat was not connected witii
tlie militia, but when. I returned after
three months' service, I learned that
all of those boys, with one, just one ex-
ception, had gone into camp and en-
listed for three years, or during the
war, and the fathers of five or six of
them had also enlisted with them. What
did I do? Why, I did what aboat
ninety-five per cent, of the returned
"Minute Men of 1861" did; the i cxt
day I went into camp and enlisted tor
three years, or during the war. "Influ-
ence of example" was too great for nie
to overcome, as it had also been f^r
them.

Comrades of Massachusetts, Minute
Men of 1861, consisting of the old Third,
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Regi-
ments and Third Battalion of Riflemen
and the First Massachusetts Light Bat-
tery of the Massachusetts Volunteer
Militia of 1861, when you returned from
your volunteer service at the front in
response to the first call, you little knew
and even less realized the importance
of your duty so well performed, but
as time rolls on that service is more
and more realized and appreciated by a
grateful nation.

Today, forty-nine years since you left
your shop, factory or workbench, or
farm, school, college, or store, law office,
pulpit and parish, with no time to put
the implements of farming into the old
shed or cornhouse, and may be left the
plow in the furrow, and boarded the
train for Boston, and reported to Gov-
ernoi John A. Andrew on Boston Com-
mon, to do with you what he chose.
He ordered, you obeyed. You left by
his order your dear old Bay State with
little or no time to bid adieu to father,
mother, brother or sisters, or young
wife with cooing baby, or your sweet-
heart with moistened eyes, and pink,
cheeks; patriotic was she, as were all
the girls of those days, proud that you
were willing to go and serve and defend
ycur country, fc;;t oh, hov/ sorry to bid
you "good bye" on such an occasion.

Truly, the real worth of your timely
and important service, valued as it then
was, is much more valued today, and
will be still more so as time passes,
and future generations will ask, as your
children ask today, what the result
would have been had there been a lag-
gard and slow response to the First Call
for troops to suppress the great rebellion
of 1861. Can you answer the question?
You can tell enough of the result of
prompt reply to the war call, but not
all. No father or mother of those
days can tell all. They can tell much,
but to tell all would be as impossible as
to compute correctly the money value
of a real "heart-aching pang of a
mother's grief." Such grief as was fre-
quent on the receipt of a letter from
the forefront of the army in war time.

ConDiianders of the Massachusetts Min-
ute Men of 1861.

The men who answered the First Call
for troops were well officered, and no
men in the service during the entire
war showed more regard, respect and
honor to superior officers and com-
manders than did the Minute Men at
all times, whether on duty or not. The
officers were anxious that the men
should learn every duty of a soldier,
believing they would perform those du-
ties to the honor and to the credit
of all concerned, and the men were just
as anxious to learn and to perform their
every duty. The results of all these
truths are today well known.

The Commanders of the Massachu-
setts Minute Men of 1861 were well
known in Massachusetts and in Massa-
chusetts Milita service prior to taking
their commands to the front — very
many of the men were neighbors and
townsmen at home with those who, in
military service, were of high rank and
were their commanders. While it is
true that more than ninety-five per cent,
of the privates and non-commissioned
oflBcers of the Minute Men re-entered
the service for longer term, so it is
true that as large a per cent, of their

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commissioned officers and commanders
re-entered tlie service and won honors
tiiat are recorded in liistory today to tlie
great credit and honor of Massachusetts.

Every commander of the Massachu-
setts Minute Men who answered the
"First Call of 1861."" namely. Gen. B.
F. Butler of the M.V.M.; Col. David
W. Wardrop, Third » Regiment, M.V.M.;
Col. Abner B. Packard, Fourth Regi-
ment, M.V.M.; Col. Samuel C. Lawrence.
Fifth Regiment, M.V.M.; Col. Edward
F. Jonjes, Sixth Regiment. M.V.M.; Col.
Edward W. Hinks. Eighth Regiment,
M.V.M.; Ma.ior Charles Devens, .Jr.,
Third Battalion of Riflemen, M.V.M.,
and Major Asa M. Cook, First Light
Battery, M.V.M., all re-entered the serv-
ice and performed noble and notable
service.

The Minute Men's service was a
school to both officers and men, to the
great benefit of the Government during
the entire war; it revealed and brought
out the previously hidden qualifications
for military service of war time; hun-
dieds of officers won honors and rank,
subsequent to their service as Minute
Men. as did also many hundreds of the
non-commissioned officers and men.
History records their deeds, not only to
the honor of themselves and family
name, but to the great honor of the Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts.

Of the eight ofiBcers last named, four,
namely : General Butler, Colonel Ward-
rop, Colonel Lawrence and Colonel Hinks,
have been commanders of the Association
of Massachusetts Minute Men of 1861.

One of our Past Commanders of the
Association of Massachusetts, Minute Men
ot 1861, Colonel George W. Nason, justly
called the Father of said As.sociation,
served in the old Fifth Regiment of
Massachusetts Minute Men under Colonel
(later General) Samuel G. Lawrence.
He participated in the first great battle of
the war, at First Bull Run, or Manassas,
Va., July 21, etc., 1861 in which the regi-
ment lost severely in killed and wounded,
and aboiit thiity of its men taken pris-
oners. In this battle Colonel Lawrence

was wounded. Comrade Nason was one
of those bearing Colonel Lawrence to the
rear. Returning to front receivi-d two
wounds, all of this was after tlie term of
service of the Regiuient liad expired.
The subsequent services of the Regiment
during its term was indeed of great im-
portance, constructing Fort Kllsworth at
Alexandria and other defences, in addi-
tion to regular drill and picket dutv.

Comrade Nason was one of the wounded
and taken prisoner in tliis first great
battle of "Manassas," with few others of
his comrades, including Captain James H.
Griggs, Past Commander of the Associa-
tion of "Minute Men." Comrade Nason,
by great advantage of heavy fog and
darkness which pervaded the battlefield to
escape and rejoined his Regiment. While
his comrade Griggs more severely
wounded was taken to "Libby" at Rich-
mond by the Confederates. During Com-
rade Nason 's stay within the enemies
lines, he had good opportunities of tak-
ing in, or observing the formation of the
battle lines on both sides, all the time
hoping and planning to make his escape,
as he did. He is an observing man, and
from his knowledge of the battlefield of
the first battle of Manassas, July 21, etc.,
in 1861 and from what he learned then,
and since, he has always declared that
battle, as a "draw game," and that it is
a well established fact that the enemy
had received orders to retreat, just before
the Union troops were ordered to do so,
and the enemy learning this fact returned
to the scene of action, and held the battle-
field, both armies having commenced a
retreat. Comrade Nason, after expira-
tion of his term of service as a Minute
Man of 1861, re-entered the service, serv-
ing in Twenty-Third Regiment Ma.ssa-
chusetts Volunteers. Temporarily de-
tailed for Naval service with the Burnside
Roanoke expedition, afterwards on duty
in Provost Marshals Department and as
Colonel of the New Berne Fire Depart-
ment Regiment as recorded on history's
proud pages.

The following-named also distinguished
soldiers of the war, wlio first served with
the Massachusetts Minute Men of 1861,

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are honored Past Coiinnanders of said
Association. Their names and noble
records are known' by the Commonwealth:
Col. Henry Walker, Lt. Col. Benj. F.
Watson, Gen. Augustus P. Martin, Capt.
James H. Osgood, Capt. James H. Griggs,
Capt. John P. Reynolds, Col. George W.
Nason, Gen. Samuel K. Chamberlain,
Capt. Jos. H. Gleason, Lieut. Elisha N.
Pierce, Maj. G. A. J. Coligan, Maj. Aus-
itin S. Cushman, vSergt. John Frank Giles,
Sergt. Benj. S. Atwood, Gen. Benj. F.
Peach, Sergt. James H. Nason, Capt.
George A. Read, Comrade George H.
Cavanaugh and Maj. John H. Norton for
1910.

Po'a'cr of Iiifliit'ucc of Example.

Captain William S. Mv.Farlin's Com-
pany K, of the old Third Regiment of
Massachusetts Minute Men was on Boston
common at ten o'clock on the morning of
April 16, 1861, in answer to the "First
call" received by its captain about mid-
night of the fiftieth and by his boys of his
company (scattered as they were in the
little town of Carver) any old hour before
morning sunrise of the sixtieth, they
boarded the first train six miles away at
Tremont for Boston, seven o'clock, from
thence they proceded to Fortress Monroe,
Virginia, and from then paid their re-
spects to Gusport Navy Yard, warmed
their feet, returned to Fortress Monroe
and remounted the big guns and musters,
that had for the sake of Peace rolled down
the parapets of the Fortress into the
ordnance-park. After returning home
on the expiration of termjof service as
Minute Men Captain McFarlin found the
home of returned boys (Carver and
vicinity) a ready field for volunteers "for
the war." He therefore organized and
enlisted another company, and returned
to the front with them as captain, and re-
ported as Company C, to the Eighteenth
Regiment Mas.sachusettSjVolunteers at the
forefront.

Many of the boys of his former com-
pany of Minute Men re-enlisted and re-
turned with him. It was J somehow a
fashion in those days for about ninety--
five per cent of the Minute Men to re-en-

list, sort of in the air, by example, (no
patriotism about it.) In Capt. McFarliu's
Company C, of the Pvighteenth Ma.ssachu-
setts Regiment of Volunteers, were two
pair of twins. Thirteen other pairs of
brothers one instance of three brothers,
and four fathers w'ith one son each, all in
one compau}- ! ! " Isn 't that going some? ' '
What about the influence of example of
the Minute Men of Massachusetts with
the boys and men of old Plymouth
countv. Captain William S. McFarlin
was born in vSouth Carver, Plymouth
countv, Mass., now resides in Middleboro,
Mass., and will be eighty-three years of
age July 11, 1910.

' ' Citizen Thom.\s, ' '

Brockton, Mass.

As a Matter of Record.
It was a member of the Massachusetts
Minute Men's association who September
11, 1898 erected a monument of .stone, to
Colonel Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough
Riders, far in the great Mammoth Cave of
Kentuckv. The honor was acknowledged
by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, now Ex-
President, by a very kindly letter to the
old veteran soldier of Massachusetts.

In the Union army 1861-5 there were
110,070 killed or mortall}- wounded and
275,175 woimded.

It is given as truth, that the descriptive
lists of soldiers in the Union army 1861-5
show but one per cent with gray hair.
What is the color of yours today?

Colonel Dimmock, the regular officer,
in command of Fort Monroe, Va., in 1861,
in his farewell to the Minute Men when
they boarded the steamer to return home,
on the expiration of their term of service,
said, "Next to regulars, let me command
Massachusetts Volunteers. ' '

The members of the Massachusetts
Minute Men of 1861 can point with great
pride to their list of Past Commanders,
also to their own individual records.

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313

Past Pres. Bknjamin K. Butlkr

Minute Men of '61

Maj. Gen. U. S. Vol.

General Benjamin Franklin Butler, born
at Deerfield, X. H., November 5, 1818,
was a prominent citizen and lawyer at
Lowell, Mass., and an officer in the Massa-
chusetts Militia. The prompt response of
the Minute Men of Massachusetts of which
he was a member sent a chill to the hearts
of rebel sympathizers; appointed Brigadier-
General Massachusetts Volunteers April
17, 1861. Took possession of Annapolis,
Md., April 21, gaining possession of the
ship, "Constitution" and opening the
route to Washington, entered and occupied
Baltimore May 13, made Major General
United States Volunteers May 16, 1861.
Assigned to command of Fortress Monroe
and Department of Eastern Virginia; cap-
tured Forts Hatteras and Clark, N. C,
August, 1861; engaged in organizing an
expedition for Gulf of Mexico and the
Mississippi; took possession of New
Orleans, La. , May 1, 1862 at its capture by
naval forces. Placed in command of De-
partment of Virginia and North Carolina
and the Army of the James, November,
1863; occupied City Point and Bermuda
Hundred, Va., May 5, 1864. It was Gen-
eral Butler who first declared the negro
contraband of war, thus making a great
change in condition of military affairs.
Placed in command of militar}- forces in
New York city during the riots of October,
1864; commanded the expedition against

Fort Fisher, N. C, December, 1864. His
services for his country are well known to
a grateful people.

He resigned November 30, 1865.
Elected Governor of Massachusetts, 1883.
Died at Washington, D. C, January 11,
1893.

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Co. E. 4th Mass. Regt.

George A. Washburn, born February 5,
1836. Sergeant of Company E, Fourth
Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Mili-
tia, April 16 to July 22, 1861. Entered
Twenty-Second Massachusetts Volunteers
as First Lieutenant. Was severely
wounded at battle of Gaines' Mill, June
27, 1862; was captured and held at Libby
Prison. Promoted Captain July 11, 1862.
Discharged for disability on account of
wounds received in action to date, January
5, 1863. Enjo\-s the respect and affection
of survivors of the Fourth and Twenty-
Second Regiments. Died February 24,
1900.

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Thomas L/Owery, on his mother's side,
was a member of Provincial Congress of
Hvintington County in 1775. He was
commissioned June IS, 1776, and in 1780
when the Ami}- greatly needed supplies,
his wife was one of the ten women to
operated with women of other counties to
solicit contributions. In twelve days they
raised fifteen thousand four hundred and
eight dollars.

Mary Ivowery was one of the thirteen
young ladies who scattered^ floral treasures
in Washington's pathway in Trenton,
New Jersey, April 1789 enroute to his
inauguration. Mr. Henry is still a resi-
dent of New Bern, N. C, where he is en-
gaged in the retail drug business. His
son, David P. Henry was a captain in the
United States armj' during the Spanish
war and is now the manager of the well
known clothing house of Browning" King
& Co., Boston.

Thomas A. Hexrv

jNIiiiute Men of '61
Co. D, 14th N. Y.

Thomas Allison Henry, born February
1839 in Somerville, N. J. Enlisted in
Company D, 14th New York State Militia,
Minute Men of "61, was afterwards ap-
pointed Hospital Steward in the United
States Navy, returning from Cadiz, Spain,
with sick soldiers, he removed to New
Bern, North Carolina and was assigned
to dut}- with the Provost Marshall until
the close of the war.

Was collector of customs for the district
of Pamplice, at New Bern. For many
years assistant editor of the New Bern
Daily Times. Is Past Master of St. John's
Lodge No. 3, F. & A. M., Past High
Priest of the New Bern Chapter R. A. M.,
Past Commander of St. John's Com-
mandery, K. T. , a member of the Scottish
Rite bodies and Oasis Temple of Char-
lottle. North Carolina.

His grandfather on his father's side was
conspicuous in the war of 1812, and Mott's
History of Huntington County, New Jer-
sey, gives an extended account of the
conspicuous part played by his relatives in
that war. His grandfather, Colonel

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James E. Bates. \\'lutmaii. :\Iass.

aiiiiiite :\Ieii of '61
4th Mass. Sergt. 3.Sth Mass. Vols.

James E. Bates, born in South Wey-
mouth, Mass., January 17, 1837. Entered
service April, 1861, in Company E, Fourth
M.V.M., for three months; serving at
Fortress INIonroe, Newport News, and
Hampton, ^'a.; mustered out at Boston
Harbor July 22, 1861. Re-enlisted July
24,^ 1862, in Company C, Thirty-Eighth

Massachusetts Vohinteers, for three years.
Promoted First Sergeant August, 1862;
First Lieutenant June 27, 1865. -Was with
Regiment in the following engagement:
Battle of Bisland, La.; the two assaults
upon Port Hudson, La., May and June,
1353; Siege of that .stronghold forty-five
days; battle of Cane River, La. Mustered
out at Savannah, Ga., June 30, 1865. He
considers the promptness with which the
Minute Men of '61 answered the call of
Lincoln, the occupation of Fortress Mon-
roe by the Minute Men of '61, and the part
the Thirty-Eighth Regiment took in open-
ing Mississippi River as among important
events of his army service.

Comrade Bates makes no claim to an
exceptional record of service as a soldier,
but takes a just pride in the conscious feel-
ing that he had an humble part as a Min-
ute Man of '61, and later as a citizen sol-
dier in the ranks, in the conflict and sacri-
fice that throttled, J^treason, crushed a
reasonless rebellion, overthrew human
slavery under a free flag, saved the coun-
tr}- to its larger and better liberty, estab-
lished forever an enduring Union of Free
States, and made the one flag — Old Glory
— to be honored by the whole world.

A charter member of Post 78, Whitman;
was Adjutant and Commander several
years; representative National Encamp-
ment, 1891; the Counsel of Administration
Department Massachusetts, 1893, and
Postmaster at Whitman, Mass., four years
under President Harrison.

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Mercer V. Tillson

Minute Men of '61

Co. E. 4th Mass., Also Si^fnal Corps U. S. Army

Mercer V. Tillson born in Pembroke,
Mass., Oct. 19, 1837, member of Company
B, Fourth Massachusetts Regiment. In
March 1864 re-enlisted in the Signal
Corps United States Army, June 7 and
with fifty-five others were sent from camp
of instruction, Georgetown, D. C, to Fort
Ivcavenworth, Kansas. In the fall of
1864 General Price raided Montana and
the signal detachment was assigned to
duty with General Pleasanton and Curtis,
pursuing Price into the Indian Territory.
Early in 1865 the Sioux, Cheyannes and
Arapohoes Indians became hostile and we
were sent with the Powder River Fxpedi-
tion in pursuit of them. The country was
destitute of wood, water and grass and
with severe cold storms we lost much of
our stock. Colonel Cole's Division had
one hundred and fifty six mule wagons,
we arrived at Fort Ivarmie with only fifty.
Our sixty days rations had been consumed
and for seventeen days the men had but
little to subsist on. General P. F. Conner
had the supplies and sent a company to
find our command and get rations to us.

In the meantime we were nearly every
day attacked by the Indians. After a
lampaign of several months we returned
to Fort L/eavenworth and were discharged
December 9, 1865. My great grand-
fathers, John Tillson and Benjamin Parris
was in the Revolutionary war. Residence
is South Hanson, Mass.

vSamuel v. Stillings

Minute Men of '61
1st Dist. Columbia Vols.

Samuel V. Stillings was born February
29, 1838, at Washington, D. C. , where he
learned mechanical engineering in the
United States Navy Yaid. Was a member
of the First District of Columbia Cadets;
was afterwards in photograph and art sup-
ply business on Bromfield street, Boston;
at first call of President Lincoln he has-
tened to his command and served as one
of the Mintite Men of '61; after the war he
returned to Boston re-establishing his busi-
ness of photography, which he conducted
for several j-ears; afterwards engaged in
the hotel business at Woods Hole, Mass.,
until his death, February 28, 1897, where
his widow now resides.

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317

Charles M. Pikk, Worcester, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

16th Ohio Regt., 51st Ohio Regt. and 9th Ohio Cav.

Charles M. Pike was born in Cleveland,
Ohio, August 4, 1843, of revolutionary an-
cestors. His father moved to Roscoe,
Ohio, about 1848. When President Lin-
coln'first called for troops April 15, 1861,

he enlisted in Company A, Sixteenth
Ohio, which was one of the Regiments to
cross the Ohio River in the advance upon
Grafton, West Virginia, vender General
(reorge B. McClellan in May 1861. On
June 3, 1861 they participated in the first
battle of the Civil War, Phillippa, West
Virginia. They took an active part in all
McClellan and Roscoe 's movements in
West Virginia until August 18, 1861,
when they were discharged from service
by reason of expiration of service.

He re-enlisted September 10, 1861, in
Company H, Fifty-first Regiment, O.V.I. ,
and discharged for disability July 15,
1862, re-enlisted in Company M, Ninth
o.V.C, July 22, 1863 and was discharged
July 20, 1865, end of war. During his two
\ ears service in this Regiment he had one
horse killed and one wounded, was in the
saddle nearly every day, was sixteen da\s
inside the rebel lines, was sent to burn a
railroad in central Alabama and to cut
off supplies from Johnson's army in
Atlantic. Was actively engaged in the
Atlantic campaign. He marched with
Sherman to the sea and through the Caro-
linas under General Judson Kilpatrick.
Some years later he came east and is now
residing in Worcester, Mass.

318

Minute Men of '61

Geo. W. Burke, Melrose, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

1st N. H. 3d Mass. Cav.

George Wallace Burke was born in
Nashua, N. H., December 12, 1842.
Enlisted April 19, 1861, served under Gen-
eral Patterson at Harper's Ferry and in
the West Virginia campaign in the Shen-
andoah Valley; discharged at Concord,
N. H., Au.gust 9, 1861, by reason of expir-
ation of term of service; worked at his
trade in Boston, for James Boyd & Son,
making army equipments, until his second
enlistment on September 30, 1861, in
(Read's Company of Mounted Rifle Rang-
ers), the first company of Unattached
Cavalry, Massachusetts Volunteers, said
company was afterwards merged into the
Third Massachusetts Cavalry, in camp at
Lowell, Mass. , until January 2, 1862, when
he went on board the steamship, " Consti-
tution " in Boston Harbor; after waiting in
Boston Harbor eleven days left for Fort-
ress Monroe; had measles and small pox,
and all hands were put ashore and the
ship fumigated; after a stay there, went to
Ship Island, Miss., camping there till
about May 5, went to New Orleans, was

George W. Burke, Melrose Highlands, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

1st N. H. Vol. 3d Mass. Cav.

there during a part of the time. General
Butler Ijeing in command of the city and
army located in Ivouisiana; was injured in
New Orleans May 10, by his horse falling
in the street, and after serving on light
duty with the Provost Guard; was dis-
charged at New Orleans on June 28, by
reason of disabilit}-; enlisted twice after
that and wascenscripted, but failed to pass.
a medical examination; engaged in the
business of harness making, in Chelsea,
and in Boston, and lived in Chelsea until
May, 1883, when he went to Melrose
Highlands to live, has been there since;
engaged in the real estate and insurance
business; a member of Mystic Ivodge
I. O. O. F., having been made an Odd
Fellow in March, 1865, a member of Star
of Bethlehem Lodge, F. A. M., having
been raised on June 17, 1874, a member of
Bay State Lodge A. O. U. W. and U. S.
Grant Post 4, G-A-R Department of
Massachusetts; a mvich interested member
of the Minute Men's Association.

Minute Men of '61

319

Philip Koempel
Minute Men of '61
First Conn. Vols.

Philip Koempel was born in Wiesbaden,
Germany, in March 184(X He received a
liberal education and came to this country
at the age of seventeen. In 1859 he went
to New Haven, Conn., to learn the wood
carving trade. In response to the first
call for troops for three months he en-
listed in Company B, First Connecticut
Volunteers (Bridgeport Rifles). Was at
the first battle of Biill Run, July 21, 1861.
He re-enlisted October 15, 1861 in Com-
panj' B, First Connecticut Cavalry and
was promoted to Corporal INIarch 1, 1863

and to Sergeant May 21, 1864. In
February, 1862, he served with his battal-
ion under General Fremont in the Shen-
andoah campaign, taking part in the
battles of McDowall's Station, Cross Keys
and the night attack on Ashby's Cavalrj'
at Strasburg, Va. Coming under General
Pope's command he participated in the
battles including Cedar Mountain, Water-
loo Bridge and the second battle of Bull
Run.

In 1863 the battalion was increased to a
Regiment, and after the Tjattle of Gettj-s-
burg crossed the Potomac at Harper's
Ferry, driving the enemy from Bolivar
Heights and Halltown and capturing
many prisoners.

In May, 1864, the cavalry of the army
of the Potomac under General Philip
Sheridan on his Richmond Raid, taking"
part in the fights at Beaver Dam Station ,
Yellow Tavern, Strawberry Plains,
Meadow Bridge, Ashland, Virginia, etc.
On the so-called Wilson's raid, to the
Richmond, Danville and South side rail-
road, the command had a severe fight at
Rean's station, Va., June 29, 1864.
Ditring that engagement Sergeant
Koempel was surrounded and captvired.

He was sent to Andersonville prison
where he remained until September, 1864,
enduring untold hardships. After the fall
of Atlanta, he was removed to Charles-
ton, thence to Florence, S. C, where he
remained until he was paroled February
14, 1865. He was finally mustered out of
the service, August 5, 1865. He joined
U. S. Grant Post 327, G-A-R in Brooklyn,
N. Y., in 1886, in which city he now
resides.

320

Minute Men oe '61

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321

William H. Nason, Franklin, Mass. Died. 1S96 Albert D. Nason, Franklin and Spring-field, Mass-

Minnie Men of '61 Minnte Men of 'bl

Adjt. Gen. office, 18th Mass. Vols. 5tli Corps. Corp. Co. C, 45tli Ma.ss. Vols. Died, Nov. 9. 1903

Charles H. Nason,

Minute Men of '61

1st R. I.. Co. F. at age of 14, and U. S, Signal Corps

GEOjtGE ENRY NASON, Roxhurv, INIass.

Minute Men of '61

Afterwards Co. K, 35tfi Mass. Vols.

322

Minute Men ["of '61

.Mathkw (T. JJ Kkknax (ISol)]
Minute Men of '61
13th N. Y. S. Mil. Co. H, 13th N. Y. Mil. 3y.

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Col. Ceorge W. Na.son

Minute Men of '61

5th Ma.ss. Reg-t. Vol.s.

Philip T. Gruly. Bo.ston, Ma.ss.
Minute Men of '61
United States Navy

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323

Sergt. William J. B( wkx Xcwti n Centre

Minute Men of '61

Co. r. 3.1 Battalion Rifles

Anjavine \V. Cray, Brownfield, :Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. D. M Battalion, also llth Re.Kt. Maine Vol?

I,T. Col. Benjamin F. Watson. -445 Park Ave.X.V. . Ci.uRi.K A. J. Col(.an. Boston. Mas.'^

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6th Ma.ss. Regt. Past Pre.*. Minute Men Association Co. K, 6tli Mass. 42cl Regt. Mass. Vols.

324

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Maj. Au TIN S. CusHMAN, New Bedford, Mass. Fred A. O'Connor, Newton Hi-hlauds, Mass.

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United States Navy

.;oi . David W. Wardrop

Minute Men of '61

3d Mass. Regt.Col. 99th N.Y. Regt. Brig. Gen. U.S. V.

Rev. Edw.\rd A. Horton. Boston, Mass.
Minute Men of '61
United States Navy

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325

Ambrosk E. Burvside

Minute Men of '61

1st Rhode Island Regt. Maj. Cen. V. S. Vol.

Dr. T. Oi:i..\i' Smith, Ko.xljury, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

First Rhode Island '\'olunteers

Charles I<. Ne\vh.\ll. SonthhridKe. Mass.
Minute Men of '61
United States Navy

Q. M. and Tric.vs. J. Fr.ank Giles

Minute Men of '61

5th Mass. Regt. SerRt. Maj. l.st Mass. H. A.

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Col. Edward F. Jones

Minute Men of '61

6th Mass. Afterwards Brig-. Gen. U. S. Vols.

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John A. I^e.'^ch, Whitman, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

4th Mass. 7tli Mass. ^'ol. Regt.

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Minute Men of '61

MINUTE MEN OF '61.
Among the various veteran military or-
ganizations, the INIinute Men of 1861 seem
to have become the most popular among
our people. As the name implies, its
members are those who responded at a
minute's notice to the first call of Presi-
dent Ivincoln and Governor Andrew, April
15, 1861; many of them merchants, me-
chanics, business men and students, went
direct from their places of business to
Faneuil Hall, thence to Washington,

NOT IN GAY UNIFORMS
l)ut mostly in citizen's attire, armed to
protect our flag and the national capital.
Many of these men did not have time to
see their wives or children before hasten-
ing away; some were school boys and left
school books and dinner pails in their
ha.ste to get to the front. It is to these
men

CREDIT SHOULD BE GIVEN

for preserving our country and national
honor. One of our popular historians has
written: " A delay of a half hour in the
arrival of the Minute Men in Washington
would have found our capital and the
archives of our government in the hands
of the rebels, who would at once have been
recognized by England and France,"
enemies of our country. Witli this state
of affairs it would have been nearly impos-
sible for our government to have again

estal)lished itself among the nations of the
world.

The Minute Men put themselves to the
front, and gave our government time to
catch its Ijreath. The Ma.ssachusetts Min-
ute Men of '61 consisted of seven separate
organizations, viz.:

First Massachusetts Light Battery, one
hundred and eighteen men, conmianded
In- Captain Asa M. Cook.

Third Battalion of Riflemen, three hun-
dred and eighteen men; commanded by
Major Charles Devens, Jr. (Late Judge
Devens ).

Third Regiment Massachusetts Infantry,
four hundred and forty-seven men; com-
manded by the late Colonel David W.
Wardrop.

Fourth Regiment Infantry, six hundred
and thirty-five men; commanded by Colo-
nel Abner B. Packard.

Fifth Regiment Mas.sachusetts Volun-
teer Infantry, eight hundred and twenty-
nine men; conmianded by Colonel vSamuel
C. Lawrence.

Sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volun-
teer Infantry, seven hundred and forty-
seven men; commanded Ijy Colonel
Edward F. Jones.

Eighth Regiment Infantr\-, seven hun-
dred and eleven men; commanded by
Timothy Munroe, afterwards by the late
Colonel Edward W. Hincks.

This made a total of thirty-eight hun-
dred and five men. vSome of our friends
have had an idea that these Minute Men
were only three months in the service of
our country, but at their first camp-fire in
Faneuil Hall, Boston, 1887, it was shown
that of the eight hundred and fift\-three
Minute Men present,

ALL BUT SIXTEEN AGAIN VOLUNTEERED

in defense of our flag and country; four
hundred and eighty-six, or over half, hav-
ing had experience at the front, were
made .officers in new regiments and bat-
teries. With this ratio it would appear
that over two thousand of these Minute
Men were made officers and did nuich for

the discipline and instruction of new regi-
ments.

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331

THE VANGUARD VOLUNTEKRvS

To measure the full effect and import-
ance of the rally of the Minute Men is
well-nigh impossible. Let me try to out-
line my estimate of this vanguard move-
ment of the patriots of the North, at the
opening of the Civil War.

The first call revealed, as in a flash of
clear light, the reserve of patriotism and
the suppl}' of loyalty that is on hand in
our Republic. Equipments of all kinds
were lacking, but not lacking were cour-
age and devotion to country. It did not
need to be manufactured, to be created by
artificial means. The citizens of a free
land, such as ours, do a great deal of
thinking; they have convictions, and the
courage of them. When the crisis broke,
and the challenge came, our response was
prompt, because we had thought over the
issues and the duty long before the firing
of Sumter's gun of reljellion. The North
was not ready in military and naval
resources, but the decision, back of gun
and sword, was in full existence. That
spirit was a resolute loyalt}-.

Then, too, this promptness in 1861
aroused others and encouraged them to a
similar action. The sight of the first vol-
imteers, going out with brave, cheerful
bearing, set the example. It kindled
valor in those who might have been hesi-
tating; it stirred admiration and created an
emulous desire, it was an object lesson to
the awakening people of the threatened
North. Suppose reluctance and cowardice
had been the fir.st response ; suppose tardy
recruits had been the answer to Lincoln's
call, what a difTerence. Not only the
shame of it, but the moral effect upon the
North. But, no, a thrill of pride ran
through our towns and cities, and fire
kindled fire of enthusiasm.

Again, we saw later on that out of these
early recruits and this force of minute men,
was developed a trained and seasoned Ijody
of soldiers who enlisted at once again, and
served with ability such as comes only from
experience. An enlisted man, without
knowledge of actual war, must make up in
youth, or enthusiasm what he surely lacks
in training. But that involves risks and
hardships and dire mistakes. The minute
men plunged boldly into fighting affairs,
some with a slight knowledge of the militia
habits, some without, a few well versed.
When they had served their terms of en-
listment with fine records of dutv noblv

done, they were prepared to do a larger
service, and to lead others, and toassi.st the
less qualified. So this ' ' first call ' ' experi-
ence proved a great aid to the gathering
ranks of the Northern army, the volun-
teers having been tested and taught in
the fiery school of the beginning cam-
paigns.

Shall we not say, also, that this prompt-
ness, this alacrity of respon.se so fearless
and whole-hearted, impressed the vSouth?
could it be otherwise? The people of that
region had grown to underestimate the
valor and self-sacrificing character of our
Northern men and women. They sneared
at our supposed idolatry of the dollar.
They predicted cowardice and servilitv on
our part, if the contest really came, and
we were confronted with the stern de-
mands of war. They e.steemed themselves
the "chivalric," heroic and superior class
of our countrymen. The reply to the
"first call" surprised them. They did
not believe that Abraham Lincoln would
be brave enough to go forward and face
them with troops. They did not think his
"call " would be su.stained, after it was
issued. But their suppositions fell to the
ground, — Linjoln and the " oiud.sills " of
the North were alike, they were not afraid,
they were ready to stand at any cost of
treasure and life for the Union.

( )ne more statement as to the moral and
material effect of the splendid action of
the Minute Men of '61. They averted
many calamities, and they nipped many
formidable plans in the bud. The value
of promptness was finely illustrated in
this hi.story of the opening act of the great
war drama. Some sad things happened
through our .state of un preparedness, but
some other things were cared for, thanks
to the first volunteers. No one can tell
what might have been, had the first de-
fenders failed in celerit}- of action and in
vigilance of purpose. They were in
earnest, they were awake to the situation ,
they checked the advances of the enemv
springing with confidence to capture the
very heart of our country. A quick and
sufiBcient luilwark were they against the
rising tide of sedition. Their deeds gave
hope to the dismaj'ed North, and provided
time for the proper arrangement of our
plans.

Time with appreciative touch will keep
the annals of the Minute Men of '61 for-
ever bright. Mas.sachusetts has no richer
treasures in her keeping than the memor-
ies and inspirations of their services.
These men continued the quickening his-
tory of old time valor in this Common-
wealth, and they renewed the .sources of a
of lofty patriotism.

Enw.^RD A. HoRTox.

332

MiNUTic Men of '61

Wii.LARi) D. Ti;iPl\ Newtcii, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

4th Mass. Ke.et.. Col. ^^th Mass. Vols.

Willard Dean Tripp was born September
14, 1838, in New Bedford Mass. vSon of
Willard and Rhoda ( Dean) Tripp. Pater-
nal ancestor, John Tripp, came from Eng-
land to Plymonth Colony in 1625. Mater-
nal ancestor, Edward Winslow, 3d. Gov-
ernor of Plymouth Colony. Removed
with parents to Taunton in 1847. En-
listed as a private in the Taunton Ivight
Guards, Company G, Fourth M.V.M
August 5, 1857. Warned at six a.m. April
16, 1861, to report for duty at seven a.m.
His father, noticing his excited condition,
volunteered to advance any sum that
might be required to pay the fine, if he
did not respond to the call, but added, ' ' if
I was of your age and had your opportu-
nity I would not part with it for money."
Reported at Armory at 7.15 a.m., being
the first member of the Company to report
in uniform and equipped ready for duty.
Promoted to Fourth Corporal by Captain
Timothy Gordon while in route to Boston.

Mustered into United vStates service at
P'ortress Munroe, Va., April 22, 1861.
Company G was the first company of
I'nion volunteer soldiers to land on the
sacred soil of Virginia, April 20, 1861, and
on June 10, 1861, Company G was one of
the five Massachusetts Companies of the
Fourth Regiment to engage in the fir.st
l)attle of the war at Great Bethel, Va.
Mustered out July 22, 1861, at Long
Island, Boston Harbor, In- expiration of
service. Engaged in recruiting service
until commissioned as Captain of the
Twenty-Ninth Massachusetts Infanty Vol-
unteers, December 13, 1861 and assigned
to the command of Companies F and G,
stationed at^ Camp Pierce, Pawtucket,
Mass., December 14, 1861. January 16,
1862, in command of Companies F", G and
H, proceeded to Newport News, Va., and
completed the organization of the Twent}*-
Ninth Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers,
January 20, 1862 and assigned to command
of Company F. Served with the Regi-
ment in its various campaigns and partici-
pated in the following engagements:

Monitor and Merrimac Hampton, Nor-
folk, Gaines Mills. Peach (3rchard, Sav-
age's Station, White Oak Swamp, Glen-
dale, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run,
douth Mountain, Snicker's Gap, Antie-
tam, Fredericksburg, Vicksburg, Jackson,
Shady grove, Bethesda Church, Cold Har-
bor, Petersburg Camp and the Crator.

From October, 1863 to April, 1864, was
on detached service in command of Con-
valescent Camp, Crab Orchard, Ky. In
the Petersburg campaign was in command
of Regiment at T; Battle of Crater and at
other times. Colonel Joseph H. Barnes
1:)eing in command of the Brigade. Pro-
moted to Lieutenant- Colonel October 12,
1864, and mustered out December 13,
1864.

Member of State Constably in 1867,
Massachusetts Commandery Loyal Legion
and Charles Ward Post 62, G-A-R, New-
ton. An employe of. State Board of Char-
itv October 1, 1867, and still in service.

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333

Victor O. Freeman, Whitman, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Co. I, Sixth Mass Regt.

Victor (). Freeman was born September
12, 1841 and educated in public schooLs of
BuiTalo, N. Y. He served three terms of
enlistments 1861-5. He was in most of
the en,t,^ageinents in which his Regiment
took part, was slightly wounded at Brandy
station, June 9, 1863, but as his only
brother, John B. Freeman was badh'
wounded in the shoulder his own woi:nd
Avere as nothing". John B. I'reeman was
a brave and dashing A-oung man of 21
years. He was killed at Aldie, Va., June
17, 1863, in attempt to save comrades and
himself from capture. He was 1)uried in
Aldie under the Regimental monument
May 11, 1864.

\'ictor (J. F'reeman received a liad gun
shot wound in the right thigh at Jeruslem
plank road, Va., Sept. 16, 1864. Re-
litrned to Regiment- after recovering in
time to be at the finish. In October 1866
married to Mary E. Hines. They have
seven children living namelv : Lvman
W., Charles K., Albert R.,' Johii B.,
Hilda J., Mary E. and Anna P. Freeman.
Alljert R. Freeman served two years in
Company H, 45, U. S. Volunteer Infantry
in the Philippine Islands ; discharged as
orderly sergeant.

Geo. DrNB..\R, East Weymouth. Mass.

Minute Men of '61
Co. I. 4th Mass.. Co. I), 42d Mass. Vols.

George Dunbar was l)orn in Hingham,
Mass., November 14, 1838, was ediicated
in the public schools of that town where
his ancestors had resided since 1652, his
great grandfather, Daniel Dunbar, was in
the Revolutionary War. The mother of
George Dunbar was a granddaughter of
Captain Joseph Stetson of Plymouth
county, in the American army under Gen-
eral Washington, al.so in the French war.
Comrade Dunljar, after his first service
with the Minute Men and with Company
D, Fortv-vSecond INIassachusetts Volun-
teers, was attached to the office of the Pro-
vose Marshal General for special duty at
Washington and vicinity. vSince 1861-5
has conducted the bu.siness of carpenter
and builder and has held several munici-
pal positions. Is an honored member of
the G-A-R Post 58 of WeAinouth and is its
present chaplain.

The writer of this sketch has known
George Dunl)ar for many Acars and can
vouch for his faithful and efficient service
during and since the war, ever striving to
make the world better.

334

Minute Men of '61

"OLD GLORY" LINCOLN DAY

Bv Col. Geo. W. Nason
February 12, 1904

Fling out the banner ! let it float

Skyward and seaward, high and wide !

The Stars and Stripes, our Country's flag,
O'er the land for which Lincoln died.

Fling out the banner ! let it swing-
Seaward and skyward, o'er the land ;

From East to West and North to South,
Our dear old Flag always so grand.

Eling out the banner ! let it wave

Seaward and skyward, glorious sight!

The flag of freedom and the brave.
Symbol of liberty and light.

Fling out the banner 1 wide and high.
Seaward and skyward, let it shine !

Show to the world our cause is just,
Then we will conquer by that sign.

Floating the banner ! comrades, cheer !

Seaward and skyward, bright and dry;
Our Nation's cause to us so dear,

ITpward and onward, let it fly.

Fling out the banner ! let it float

Skyward and seaward, high and wide !

Old Glory for our Country's cause ;
The cause for which our Lincoln died.

Minute Men of '61 335

THE BOY WHO CARRIED THE GUN

By Col. Geo. W. Nason
January 11, 1904

When secession threatened our Union of States,
And the War against Country begun,

Who was it left home to defend our dear flag ?
'Twas the Boy who carried the gun.

When the day's long march was finally closed,

Which began ere the rising of sun,
Who was it stood guard all night on the camp ?

'Twas the Boy who carried the gun.

And when we advanced on the enemy's works,
And had sapping and mining begun,

Who was it that wielded axe, pick and spade ?
'Twas the Boy who carried the gun.

When the enemy charged full force on our lines,

And his victory seemed nearly won,
Who was it hurled back his fearful attack ?

'Twas the Boy who carried the gun.

And when in retreat from ten times our force
We were charged by the rebs on the run.

Who was it that turned and checked their advance ?
'Twas the Boy who carried the gun.

Who was it I say, at the close of the day,
When the hotly fought battle was won,

That cared for the wounded men left on the field ?
'Twas the Boy who carried the gun.

While some persons ate from the hosj^ital stores,

And had lots of whiskey and fun,
Who was it that lived on what he could find ?

'Twas the Boy who carried the gun.

Let all honor due to our officers brave

Be given for what they have done,
But never forget, Flag and Countr}^ were saved

By the Hero who carried the gun.

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MASSACHUSETTS MINUTE MEN, 1861

Air "Maryland, My Maryland"

Thomas Benton Kelley, author

Full nine and forty years have passed

Massachusetts Minute Men
Since that first "tratirous" Cannon blast,

Massachusetts Minute Men,
On Sumters wall our Flag assailed.
But Lincoln's call and need prevailed,
From every walk of life was hailed,
Massachusetts Minute Men.

The spirit of those early days,

Massachusetts Minute Men

Was found intact in hearts so brave,
Massachusetts Minute Men

From Berkshire's Hills, from Plymouth shore,

Through blood stained streets in Baltimore.

You proudly then Old Glory bore,
Massachusetts Minute Men

How grand a welcome you received,

Massachusetts Minute Men,
From loyal souls with fear relieved,

Massachusetts Minute Men,
Your patriot ardor set the pace
Our Capital made a camping place
Then Lincoln said "we now are safe,"
Massachusetts Minute Men.

Across Chain Bridge you led that host,

Massachusetts Minute Men
In numbers Bay State had the most,

Massachusetts Minute Men
Bull Runs "draw game" quite surely true,
But ninety-five per cent of you,
Enlisted then to see it through,

Massachusetts Minute Men.

We greet the remnant of that band,

Massachusetts Minute Men,
Now furrow browed and trembling hand,

Massachusetts Minute Men,
Your valorous ardor paved the way,
A million Comrades joined the fray.
And put "Old Glory" up to stay,
Massachusetts Minute Men.

Westminster Hotel, Boston, Mass., April 15, 1910.

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337

Thomas Bexton Kklley, Westminster Hotel. Copley Sciuare. Boston, Mass.

Vermont :Minute Men of "61

Seventh Illinois Cavalry

Sketch of the Life and v^ervice in the
Civil War of Thomas Benton Kellev, born
in Castleton, Vermont, October 10, 1838,
the youngest son of David Kelley and
Zanna Dixon (Jones) Kelle\-, who was the
eldest daughter of Ephraim Jones and
Rachel (Stark) Jones, who was the third
daughter of Captain John Stark, who
commanded the I'aulet compan\- in the
Battle of Bennington, Vermont, of sturdy
New England ancestry, who were early
settlers in Rutland county, having lo-
cated in Vermont in 17.S1, from Provi-

dence, R. I., in that year. In the spring
of 1846, the family left Vermont and
went to Dupage county, Illinois joining
the father in their new western home he
had erected the previous winter, here the
young man laid the foundation of a
rugged life in walking several miles to
school, and then searching for the cows
who had the chance to roam at will over
the broad prairie, the young man soon
laecame a very expert horseman which
proved to Ije a very valuable aquirement
in hi,s army service in the Cavalry. With

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service at the headquarters of General
Philip H. Sheridan, as Clerk for the Corps
responding to the call of Abraham Lincoln
in 1861. Enlisting in Company E, Eighth
Illinois Cavalry, which was assigned to
dutv in the army of the Potomac, after
strenuous service in the IManassas cam-
paign, the Regiment was assigned to the
first brigade of Cavalry under the com-
mand of General George Stoneham, serv-
ing with the brigade, under its several
commanders, in eighty-two engagements
and skermishes, having five horses shot
under him, (two in one day) and being
struck four timt-s with Ijullets and three
times with sal)re, bearing a charmed life
through all of the Ijattles of the army of
the Potomac to the siege of Petersburg,
Va., in September 1864.

On September 15, 1862 he captured and
brought in the union lines seven armed
Confederate soldiers one of whom was
mounted and after marching him with the
rest for more than three miles, took a full
charged Navy revolver from him, which
he had exposed to Kelley's view in dis-
mounting from his horse, as he was to
turn the prisoners over, the prisoners
were captured full three-fourths of a mile
from any other Union soldier outside the
Union lines, application for a medal was
denied because not a shot was fired, while
over twenty afidavits were furnished and
are now on file in the war department,
one from the Colonel who was in command
on the day of the capture, Kelley gave the
alarm to the reserve officer in command of
outside Videtts who fired the first shot at
the opening of the Eattle of Gettyslnirg on
the morning of July 1, 1863, which event
in history is marked by a stone marker
located on the right hand of Chambers-
burg Pike about two and one half miles
in front of the Seminary at Gettysburg,
Pa., through those fearful three davs of
carnage he came unscathed, closing his
some two years at Wheaton college he re-
ceived the appointment as Station and
Express agent, at (now) Glen Ellyn,
Illinois, where he was employed when

Surgeon, Dr. J. K. Dubois, joined his
loving companion with whom he had left
a young son on entering the service, but
the son had been called home on Septem-
ber 16, 1862. Returning to Vermont in
1866, he entered the employ of the Rut-
land Marble Co., for whom he worked as
Quarry and Mill foreman for some tour-
teen years, and for Struthers & Sons at
Philadelphia some six years, in the
erection of the public building of the city.
Was in the Railroad Mail service some
eight years, from Boston to F^ssex Junc-
tion, Vermont and on the death of his
beloved companion came to Boston where
he now resides with his daughter r.Irs.
Lura Beulali Rolley, who \\ithher hus-
Ijand and beautiful daughter and son he
now is passing the remaining years of an
eventful life. Joining the Grand Army of
the Repulilic December 2, 1867, as a
Charter Member of Robert Post No. 14,
Department of Vermont, passing all the
chairs in the post and serving as chaplain
seven }ears and commander and as in-
spector in the department, and three
times on department stalT and as delegate
to the National Encampment and twice on
the staff of the Commander in Chief,
always a very enthusiastic and forceful
exponent of the principals of the G-A-R.,
having composed over fort\' songs for the
order, and kindred organizations. Con-
verted to thorough Repuljlican Iw Abra-
ham Lincoln in the Campaign of 1858, he
has ever been an ardent zealous student
in the welfare of his county's needs, join-
ing the Vermont Division of the Sons of
the American Revolution, some twelve
years since he is still in touch with the
best living exponents for his state welfare,
also a member of the Grand Army Club of
Mas.sachusetts which has representatives
from forty-eight Posts in the department,
and are inspiring loN'alty and patriotism
everywhere through our broad land. Mr.
KellfV is now serving as Custodian of the
Vermont Association of Boston at their
reading room and headquarters No. 65
Hotel Westminster, Copley Square, Boston,
Mass.

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339

assiti^ned clut\- in Quarter Master and
( )rdnance Department, until end of ser-
vice, when he took a law course and was
admitted to the bar.

.Sept. 4, 1870, he married Nellie J.
Ileaton of Franklin, and soon after re-
ceived the appointment of Adjutant of
Soldiers' Home at Greene Island, Neb.
After six years' service he resigned and
located as Juniata, Neb., where he practi-
ced law until his death, Feb. 8, 1895.

^^1

TO THE

^ ^ MEMBERS OF THE '
/Q- NAS5.ACHU5ETT.S.
'^VOLUNTEER MILITIA %\
' g WHO WERE MUSTERED f;^ ,
\ ^INTO THE UNITE!. STATES c/^j
SEHVIOE IN RESPONSE TO
PRESIDENT L1NC0LN5'
FIRST CALL FoR
TROOPS

5?/i)5.l86V.

Chari.es Ku.tu-rx, 1,11116111)111-1?, Mass.

Minute Men of '61

Fifth Mass. Serijt. ZM\ Mass. Keg-f.

Charles Kilburn, son of Cyrus Kilburn
was born in Lunenburg, Mass. , May 13,
1839, When 18 years old taught district
school ; also practised civil engineering
wntli his father until 1861. lie came to
Boston April 1.^ to have his surveying in-
struments adjusted, and hearing the call
of President Lincoln for 75,000 troops
went to Faneuil Hall and enrolled his
name with Somerville Light Infantry,
commanded by Captain (Veorge (). Bras-
tow of the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment.
As a civil engineer he was of great service
to the government, assisting in the con-
strucrion of Fort Ellsworth at Alexandria,
Va., etc. . Returning with his Regiment
at end of service he again enlisted; was
made orderly sergeant of Company H,
Twenty-third Regiment, Massachusetts
Volunteers, Colonel John Kurtz. Ser-
geant Kilburn was severeh' wounded at
the battle of Whitehall, near Kinston,
N. C, Dec. 16, 1862. < )ne arm and both
legs were Vjroken by grape or canister shot
wdiich incapacited him from active ser-
vice. Leaving hospital on crutclies, was

MASS.ACHUSETT^
MINUTE MEN 1861

The above cuts show both obverse and
reverse of the lieautiful bronze medal
issued by the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts to the Minute Men of '61, with
the name of each soldier engraved on the
thick edge of medal, similar to that
shown at edge of cut. There were three
thousand eight hundred and five of these
medals made at the United .States mint at
Philadelphia for the .state of Massachu-
setts, nearly a thousand of which remain
with the adjutant general unclaimed,
each medal being marked with the
soldier's name. If the soldier be dead,
any member of his family or nearest of
kin can obtain it upon application. It is a
valuable relic to be cherished by later
generations.

340

MiNLTE Men of '61

REV. Edward A. Horton. Boston, ISIass.
Minute Men of '61
United States Navy

Edward Augusttis Horton, clergyman,
author, and editor, was Ijorn in Springfield,
Mass., Sept. 28, 1843, son of William
Marshall and Ann (Leonard) Horton.
He was educated in the public schools of
Springfield and Chicago, 111. When the
civil war liroke out he enlisted in the
United States navy and served on the gun-
boat Seneca with the South Atlantic
blockading squadron under Commanders
DuPont and Dahlgren, taking part in
several sharp engagements, including the
attack on Forts Wagner and Sumter, and
the destritction of the Confederate privateer
Nashville. He entered the University of
^Michigan without conditions in the class
of 1869. Finding that his resources were
i:ot suffie'ient to carry him throitgh the
university he changed to the ]\Ieadville
Theological Seminary and was graduated
in 1868. He accepted a call from the
Unitarian church at Leominster, Mass.,
and remained there until 1875. During
this time he visited Evirope, and studied
in Brunswick and Heidell^urg, Germanv,
his church generously granting him leave

of absence of one year for that purpose.
He accepted a call to New Orleans, La.,
in the suminier of 1875, but the following
fall he was obliged to recall his acceptance
because of a severe attack of illness.
After a year of rest he became minister of
the Old Church at Hingham, Mass., in
1876, and in May, 1880, he resigned this
charge to become mii:ister of the Second
Church in Boston, Mass. This church
was founded in 1649, and among its
ministers were the Mathers (Increase,
Cotton, and Samuel ), John Latlirop, Henry
Ware, Jr., Ralph Waldo Emerson and
Chandler Robbins. During Mr. Horton's
ministry of twelve years here it was
brought to a high degree of prosperity,
and a debt of |45,000 was cancelled. He
was compelled to resign his pastorate in
1892 on account- of impaired health, and
subsequenth- devoted himself to the
development of two Unitarian organiza-
tions in Boston, the Sunday School Society
and the Benevolent Fraternity of Churches.
He is now president of the Sunday School
Society, a part of his duty being to write
and publish text books; edit "Every Other
Sunday" (a paper for young people);
confer with Sitnday-school workers over
the country, and direct the affairs relating
to Unitarian Sunday-school workers.
Other positions now held by him are
chaplain of Massachusetts senate; chap-
lain E. W. Kinsley Poist, G. A. R., Boston;
chaplain, Girand Lodge of Free Masons,
Massachusetts; chaplain , Association Mass.
Minute Men since 1884, president of the
Committee on Fellowship of Ministers;
trustee'of Westford (Mass.), Academy;
trustee to Derby Academy-, Hingham,
Mass.; director of the Home for Intem-
perate Women; treasurer of the North
End Union, Boston. He has served as
department chaplain of the Grand Armj'
of the Republic in Massachusetts, and for
the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Corn-
pan v, Boston. The honorary degree of
A. M. was conferred itpon him in 1880 by
the University of Michigan. He has Ijeen
a frequent contributor of book reviews to
periodicals and the Boston newspaper
press, and written several manuals for

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class work in Sunday-schools. He is

author of "An Historical Address Com-
memorating the Semi-Centennial An-
niversary of the dedication of the First
Congregational Meetinghouse in Leomin-
ster" (1874); "On the Law of Fulfillment";
"vSemon on the Life of James Garfield"
(1881); "Discourse Delivered to the First
Parish of Hingham on the 200th Anniver-
sary of the Opening of its Me£ting-house"
(1882); "Ralph Waldo Fmerson: His
Services as Minister of the Second Cluirch

and his Qualities as a Religious Teacher"
(1882); "Unitarianism: What Did It vSet
( )ut to Do ? What Has It Accomplished ? ' '
(1888); "Unitarianism: Does It Accept
the Personality of Christ? " (1889);
"Unitarianism: W^hat Does It Stand For?"
(1889); "Noble Lives and Noble Deeds"
(1890). Mr. Horton was married at
Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 1, 1875, to Josephine
A. Rand, daughter of Nathaniel and Ruth
(Miles) Rand. They have one child, Ruth
Horton, born Feb. 24, 1877.

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OUR NAVY IN THE CIVIL WAR

BY CHAPLAIN EDWARD A. HORTON

The record of the Navy during the Civil
War is full of interest from the beginning
to the end. While not crowded with such
stirring events as fell to the experience of
the Army, yet, what it did in patience and
wisdom, and what it accomplished In^ sig-
nal efforts, taken together, give lovers of
the Union just cause for pride.

The first feature always to be noticed
was the unpreparedness of our Navy De-
partinent when the war broke out. It is
true that some intelligent forecasts had
Ijeen made, and certain vessels were
ready for the fray such as the Powhatan,
INIississippi, Susquehanna, and later the
Niagara, Waljash, Roanoke. In 1858
some Screw-Sloops of about 2000 tons
were made ready such as the Lancaster,
Brooklyn, Hartford and others in the
second class like the Pawnee and Iroquois.
Sailing vessels were then passing out of
use and were of value chieflv as stone-
steps and receiving-ships. As soon as the
seriousness of affairs was appreciated by
the North, not onh' was the demand for
troops imperative but the necessity of pro-
tecting our long seacoast was apparent.
The Confederate States had no Navy, but
they were capable of building rams, and
also of carrying on a large business in
blockade running, through which sources
they would obtain arms and money.

The rapidity with which the deficiencies
of our Navy were made good now stands
out conspicuously to all historians. Not
waiting for the creation of only the best
vessels and the finest equipment, the
energies of our officials were directed to
securing anything and everything that
might assist in making our campaign suc-
cessful. We bought all kinds of things
afloat, specially such steamers as might
easily be transformed into weapons of war.
In this way we took ferry boats, tugs,

side wheelers, screw steamers, in large
numbers. They were usually strength-
ened in some parts and such batteries
placed on board as the craft could stand.
The construction of sloops- of-war was at
once inaugurated by the administration.
Among them were the Oneida, Kear-
searge and others. Small heavily armed
screw gunboats were also built, twenty-
five of them, and were commonly called
"the ninety-day gun l)oats." Contracts
were also made for the construction of
paddle-wheel steamers, for use on rivers
and in shallow water, which were after-
wards well known as "double enders."
This, indeed, was the time when the need
of iron-clads was apparent of which there
had been nuich talk but no lealization.
Inventors were vaguely feeling their way
to the creation of something in this di-
rection. ()n these plans were built the
New Ironsides and the Monitor.

In addition to all this was the call for
officers and seamen. Anyone versed well
knows that the life on a man-of-war
means a previous training on the sea.
Therefore to the merchant marine the
administration looked for its best supplies
and recruits. It did not look in vain and
the results of our appeals were on the
whole satisfactorv. But beyond this ex-
cellent material it was found necessary to
accept men of all nationalities and from
places all over the world. With surpris-
ing success this rallying and consolidat-
ing of the forces went on, and by the time
the war ended we were in very solid
shape, with manj' plans looking far ahead
by which the administration intended to
build more ships-of-war. These plans
were only partially executed owing to the
cessation of hostilities. All in all this
masterly production of a Navy out of
scant material, and under adverse cir-
tacumsnces, is hardly paralled in history.

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NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON

Some of our Minute IMen went into the
Navy at the first call and there did good
service. Reference to some of these com-
rades will be found in this volume. What
I am now aiming at is to give a general
sketch of our Navy from '61 to '64.
There were three distinct phases which
might be summed up as follows : 1 , The
North Atlantic Squadron. 2, The South
Atlantic Squadron. 3, The Gulf and
Mississippi. To this might fitl}- be added
the more general aspect of cruisers and
blockaders.

Of course, the Atlantic Coast was the
scene of great anxiety and watchfulness.
It offered a long stretch of opportunity to
the enemy for smuggling, and the draft
was immense on our limited resources.
But we clung to our "job," with dogged
persistency and on the whole succeeded
fairly well. There was no time when
blockade runners did not get in and out,
but our vessels maintained such a vigilant
guard that the risks were very great.

The most famous event in the North
Atlantic Squadron, of which I am now
treating, was the notable conflict Ijetween
the Merrimac and Monitor which occurred
at Hampton Roads. This dramatic scene
took place in 1862. Norfolk had been
captiired early by the Confederates to-
gether with its Navy Yard. Of course the
administration was anxious to drive the
eneniy out, and possess the advantages
which the captured locality would bestow.
In this yard was constructed the famous
Merrimac. The intelligence of this for-
midable procedure was learned bv the
Federal Government, and orders were
issued at once for the speedy construction
of a suitaVjle antagonist, which order was
executed at Brooklyn, resulting in the
creation of Ihe first Monitor.

This was drawn from Ericsson's plans
and was built under his supervision. Bv
pushing the work under extra gangs the
Monitor w^as finished in about four months
after the signing of the contract. Lieut-
enant John h. Worden was selected to
command the new craft. No such war
vessel had ever been tried before and it

required a great deal of courage to take
charge of such a mass of uncertainties.
As a floating battery the affair seemed
satisfactory, Imt in view of the fact that it
must go to sea and perhaps join in a
battle, under those operating conditions
doubts were numerous as to the ■worth of
the venture. vSo anxious was our admin-
istration to get the Monitor down to
Hampton Roads to meet the Confederate
iron-clad that the workmen were still
busy on the Monitor the night before she
sailed.

After a dangerous voyage the Monitor
reached Hampton Roads and found lying
there, near Fortress Monroe, the Roa-
noke, Minnesota and one or two other
frigates. The Merrimac was now ready
for action. It was an old vessel made
over and covered with what resembled
the roof of a house, armored with wrought
iron plates and heavy wooden backings,
assisted with a heavy battery. A cast
iron ram projected eighteen inches from
her bow. On Saturday, March 8, while
the Monitor was still outside, the Merri-
mac came down the river from Norfolk
accompanied by two gun-boats. She ap-
proached the two wooden vessels tliat had
been guarding the James River and drove
her ram into the Cumberland so deep as
to sink her, with her ensign flying from
the peak as she went down, for he would
not .surrender. The Congress was also
destroyed and the Minnesota run aground.
Night then drew on and for that day all
was over.

But while this flring w-as going on, the
Monitor was approaching Fortress ]\Ion-
roe. Soon after sunrise on the morning
of ISIarch 9, preparations for the historic
conte.st were under way. The Merrimac
evidently cared little for the appearance
of the Monitor and steamed down the
stream to complete her destruction of the
day before. But Lieut. Worden proposed
to be heard as well as seen, and he im-
mediately got under way and headed
directly for the Merrimac, reserving his
flre till he was close to the eneni}-.
Worden passed the Merrimac and at-
tempted to disable her screw but missed
it. Then he returned, firing deliberately.

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The vessels were so close that several
times they almost touched each other.

Everyone understands now what a
Monitor meant at that time, resembling as
it did a cheese box, it often carried that
name. There was siTipiy one great iron
turret in the center of a low, round deck
of iron. This turret depended for its use-
fulness on revolving at command, which
it did not always do. After a while the
turret got so jammed that the ship was
brought round and the guns pointed by
the helm. At one time when Worden was
looking through an opening a shell
struck the turret and exploded. His eyes
were filled with powder and he was
blinded and stunned. Marks of this he
bore many j-ears, indeed till he died.
The Monitor was withdrawn at this time
owing to the injuries to her commanding
officer, and for some unforeseen reason
the Merrimac withdrew to Norfolk. It
was not advisable to follow and the com-
bat temporarily ceased. As an aljle
authority, Admiral Soley, said: "though
both iron-clads were severely pounded
neither had fully developed its defensive
strength, and all things considered they
both got off rather easil}'." Both vessels
were dented, cracked and plates broken,
but neither was demolished.

The effect of this conflict at Hampton
Roads in various aspects was remarkable.
Ivight was thrown on the necessity of a
new kind of war vessel. It was found that
the Confederates could easil}- construct
most dangerous instruments of war. But
the deep satisfaction of the North was in
the fact that Hampton Roads had been
reconquered and the blockade was un-
broken, and the enemy pushed back.
Well has it been said, that the names of
Worden and the Monitor will always be
recalled b_v the country in affectionate re-
membrance.

The final fate of the two iron-clad
warriors is worth recording. The Merri-
mac came out of the drj^ dock apparently
in as good shape as ever and took a posi-
tion near Norfolk News. Small deprada-
tions were made but nothing serious oc-
curred. Tatnall, meanwhile, learned that
the United States troops were advancing

on Norfolk, he being in command resolved
to withdraw to the James River, and of
course, took the Merrimac with him.
But it was found impossible to get the
Confederate iron-clad up into a safe posi-
tion and accordingly Tatnall concluded to
destroy her, and setting her on fire, he
landed his officers and man and escaped.
As for the Monitor, she was ordered to
Beaufort, N. C, in tow of the Rhode
Island. All went well at first, but pretty
soon after Cape Hatteras had been passed
a gale arose. The sea came in so fast that
it submerged the pilot house and finally
threatened the safety of the Monitor.
There seemed to be no possible handling
of her. It became evident she could not
be saved. A signal of distress was made,
boats were lowered, the crew was re-
moved from the sinking iron-clad over
which the seas were breaking. In a short
time the Monitor slowly settled and disap-
peared in the ocean.

One of the early plans in this Depart-
ment was to obtain control of Hatteras
Inlet, a point of great importance. This
engagement was one in which the Navy
distinguished itself. As was said at that
time, "from there the whole coast of
Virginia and North Carolina, from Nor-
folk to Cape L,ookout, was within reach by
light draft vessels which could not
possibly live at sea during the winter
months." In the capture of Hatteras
Inlet, Flag-Officer Stringham for the
Navy, and General Butler for the Army
were the leading officers. In a short
time, after careful preparations of the
land and navy forces, a united attack was
made for the captvire of Roanoke Island.
This was done under the leadership of
Flag-Officer Goldgboro and Commander
Rowan. It proved a brilliant and success-
ful movement, opening up for our forces
many tributary places.

It is impossible to detail all the notable
events in the North Atlantic Squadron, as
indeed, it will be impossible to properly
treat those which occurred in other
Squadrons of the Navy. We can only
touch the salient transactions. Among
these was the reduction of Newbern and
the splendid dash of lyieutenant William

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345

B. Gushing who destroyed the ram, Albe-
marle. He announced his triumph in the
following despatch: "I have the honor
to report that the rebel iron Albemarle is
at the bottom of the Roanoke River."

Many attempts had been made to sub-
due this dangerous enemy, but without
success. Cushing will always be famous
in our history as combining personal dar-
ing with high intelligence. He proceeded
by night up the Roanoke River, knowing
that the Albemarle was made fast to her
wharf, surrounded by "booms, "as pro-
tection from torpedoes and assailants of
any kind. His party consisted of fifteen
officers and men in a launch, and two
officers and eleven men in a cutter that
was in tow. The brave Ivieutenant suc-
ceeded in passing safely by the first out-
posts of the enemy but as he approached
the ram the enemy sprang a rattle, rung a
bell and began firing. He found "a pen
of logs round about her. " ' Coming head
on to the Albemarle the launch struck the
logs ; the torpedo boom which Cushing
carried was lowered and a torpedo was
successfully exploded under the ram's
overhang, destroying her.

At that moment a shot fired from the
ram went crashing through the launch
completely disabling her. The enemv
demanded the surrender of Cushing's
force, but he ordered the men to save
themselves and plunged into the river.
After a long exposure in the swamp and
hiding, he discovered a boat and found
his way to one of our own vessels. This
has justly been considered as one of the
most striking and spectacular events of
the whole war. Cushing was at that time
21 \ears of age.

One other important act in the drama of
the North Atlantic vSquadron was the
capture of Fort Fisher, toward the end of
the war. The first attempt was made by
the joint efTorts of Admiral Porter of the
Navy, and General Butler of the land
forces. To carry out this project the
largest fleet was assembled under the
Union Flag that had been gathered at an_v
previous time under any one command.
Although great preparations were made,

and the forces seemed adequate, the enter-
prise terminated in failure.

The next year, 1865, a renewed attack
was planned, with General Terry in com-
mand of the Army. This time the prep-
arations seemed to have been ample and
sufficient. A large squadron did its duty
with valor and intelligence, and the
officers on the land side did their work
with grim determination. The Confed-
erates understood that it would be a
grievous loss if they were driven out of
their defences, and the officers and men
on their side retained the ground stub-
bornly. It was only when one traverse
after another had been slowly conquered
that any foothold was obtained in the fort.
The battle raged hot in the fort, while the
great batteries close to the beach were
doing their best to aid the Union forces.
But at last the victory was ours, though
the list of killed and wounded was lament-
able. vStill, according to the measure of
army experiences, the loss of killed and
wounded, 700, was counted slight in view
of what was accomplished. 2500 men in
the best constructed earth works known
were met and conquered ; 112 officers and
1971 enlisted men were taken prisoners.

SOUTH ATLANTIC vSOUADRON
There is naturally a great deal of
remance connected with the South
Atlantic Squadron, which we are now
considering. It was the scene of the first
defiance to the North by the guns of Fort
.Sumter, and Charleston ever after was a
hot bed of Southern feeling. The iron
clads first built after the Merrimac and
Monitor fight were sent to this Depart-
ment, where they did excellent service.
The South Atlantic Squadron had only
two commanders, Dupont and Dahigren.
The first important work under'Admiral
Dupont was the capture of Port Royal and
the making it a Headquarter for the fleet.
From that on followed a persistent tight-
ening of the blockade through the inlets
and lagoons extending from Charleston
on the north, to Fernandina on the south.
The entrance to Savanagh River was also
sealed as far as possible. An attempt was
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Charleston by sinking a number of vessels,
mostly old whalers, loaded with stone.
But the project failed through the action
of the tides and currents, which seemed
to wash away these sunken crafts, so that
the Ijlockade runners went in and out as
though nothing had been done to bar
their way. The batteries of Morris Is-
land were constantly a menace to our
movements. Fort Sumter itself only suc-
cumbed after having been battered down
brick by brick. Fort Moultrie, on one
side, and Fort Wagner on the other gave
a stout defence against all efforts of our
boats to enter.

It was early seen that our iron-clads
and other craft could not expect to enter
the harbor, and then followed a long-
series of attacks by water and land ex-
tending down nearly to the end of the
war. The Flag-Officer reported after one
of these attacks: "I had hoped that the
endurance of the iron-clads wovild have
enabled them to have borne any weight of
firing to which they might have been ex-
posed ; but when I found such a large
portion of them were wholly or one half
disaVjled by less than an hour's engage-
ment, I was convinced that persistence in
the attacks would result in the loss of the
greater portion of the iron-clad fleet."
It was decided in 1863 that the place
could not be taken by a purely naval at-
tack. The administration had been full
of confiilence that the Monitors would
annihilate all obstacles.

Many blockade runners were captured
by this Sciuadron, but enough were suc-
cessful to make the traffic very valuable.
The Ijlockade round Charleston Harljor
extended in a long line well out to sea.
Although drawn closer at night, the
chances for blockade runners were very
good. Then there was the fear concern-
ing rams which the Sovith was constantly
creating, though most of them were in-
eiTicient.

One brilliant record was made in the
destruction of the privateer Nashville, a
side-wheeler, of excellent speed, which
had been put in shape for marauding on
the ocean. After having been detained
up the Ogeechee River some months, by

the blockading force, keeping always
above Fort McAllister, the captain evi-
dently decided to go out on high tides.
Just then Commader Worden reported his
arrival with the iron-clad Montauk and
most fortunate in time, for the Nashville
had got aground. Fort McAllister pre-
sented an insuperable obstacle to ascend-
ing the river, but on the other hand the
jNIontauk was able to withstand the shot
of the fort. Accordingly early one morn-
ing all the vessels were under orders to
move up and prepare to destroy the
privateer. The wooden vessels fired from
safe distances upon the fort, while the
Montauk proceeded steadily up the river
under the firing of McAllister but paying
no attention to the fort. Firing across
the marshes with success, the Nashville
was set on fire by a shot which entered
the fire-room. Thus was prevented the
possibilities of injuries to our shipping
which the Alabama so signalh- effected.
On the descent down the river from the
successful attack the Montauk ran on a
torpedo, and it was necessary to beach
her. The iron-clad w-as soon patched up
and served for a long time at various
points.

There were constant efforts made b}- the
Confederates to raise the blockade on the
South Atlantic coast. Many of these
dashes were well planned and desperate,
so much so that it was necessary for the
blockading force to maintain special vigil-
ance. One instance will give proof of
the condition in the winter of 1863.
Two iron-clad rams, Chicora and Palmetto
State, came out of the harbor. A fog
hung over the bar and protected by this
the enemy approached the vessels out-
side. At that time the blockading fleet
was somewhat diminished owing to the
coaling of the Powhatan and Canadaigua
at Port Royal. The Housatonic was the
only war vessel of any size that was in the
ten then distributed over a wide area,
five or six miles in length. A vigorous
attack was made by these rams. They
rammed, fired and successfully made use-
less two or three of our vessels, when re-
treat was made for a refuge under the
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Charleston, owing to the confusion of our
fleet, proceeded to declare that the block-
ade was raised. This was supported by a
proclamation immediately issued by
Beauregard and Ingrahani, commanding
general and senior officer, declaring that
the Southern Naval force "had sunk, dis-
persed or drove off out of sight, the entire
blockading fleet."

Although this statement was false there
was enough truth in it to give wings to
the report, and for a time it was generally
thought that this was actually history.
One good result was the necessity, clearly
shown, of strengthening the force off
Charleston Harbor, which was immediately
done.

~ A little later another attempt was made
to raise the blockade through the instru-
mentality of a new ram. This was
thwarted by the vigilance of Captain John
Rogers, of the iron-clad Weehawken.
He handled his craft so effectively that
the ram was speedily put out of commis-
sion. There were not so many exciting
scenes in the experience of the South
Atlantic Squadron as in the Gulf, where
Farragut established his great fame, but
there was a vast amount of faithful block-
ading duty, and some incidents of a
stirring character.

GUIvF SQUADRON

We will now make a brief report of the
Gulf vSquadron, in which the name of
Farragut shines with great lustre. There
were other capable officers assocciated
with him, and forever identified with the
campaign of the Mississippi River and
Gulf, but Farragut's leadership stands
fascinatingly prominent. The two great
events in the history of this squadron was
the opening of the Mississippi, which in-
volved great dangers and brilliant victor-
ies, and the battle of Mobile Bay. The
lilockading work embraced the coast from
the Rio Grande to Florida.

We will not describe here the prelimi-
nary movements by which the drawing of
the lilockade was tighter and tighter, and
tlie preparations for clearing the IMissis-
sippi were matured. INIany brave things
were done and progress was slowl\- but

surely made under the command of of-
ficers of the Navy whose names and deeds
will always be cherished. Operations
were not confined to the mouth of the
Mississippi but advance was also pushed
at the North, starting from Cairo, Illinois.
It was very clear to the administration of
the North that the Mis.sissippi must be
made available for our troops, and that
the forts along the banks must Ije demol-
ished. The naval movements from the
upper waters were so well carried on that
in July 1862, they joined hands with the
Union fleet, which had been making its
way from the mouth of the river, and this
was done at Vicksburg. We will trace
the history of that notable triumph for our
forces.

The task of opening the Mississippi
from its mouth was given to Captain
David G. Farragut, appointed to the com-
mand of the Western Gulf Blockading
Squadron, in Januar}' 1862. He had in
his Flag-ship, the Hartford, twenj-four
guns. A fleet of twenty mortar schooners,
with a flotilla of six gun-boats, under the
command of David D. Porter, afterwards
Admiral, were a part of the expedition.
The whole sqiiadron when assembled con-
sisted of four screw-sloops, one side-
wheel steamer, three screw-corvetts and
nine screw gun-boats, in all seventeen
vessels of all classes, carrying about one
hundred and fifty-four guns, exclusive of
brass howitzers.

The Mississippi Squadron w^as soon put
into fighting condition, and proceeded
slowly up the river. Opposed to it was a
rather limited array of vessels, which the
Confederacy had bought and reconstructed.
There was one iron-clad, the Manassas,
with some power as a ram, but not easily
handled in conflict. Due progress was
made l)ut the forts below New Orleans
offered a stout resistance. Fire-rafts
were sent down the river creating some
confusion, and various obstructions were
placed in the channel, .such as large rafts
of timber, sunken schooners, heavilj-
anchored and caljled. But the indomitable
spirit of the expedition overcame all ob-
stacles and they made a passage.

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oil with renewed vigor. After several
days there seemed to be an opportunity
of pressing forward, and with due
arrangement of our vessels advance was
made, and the forts, St. Philip and Jackson
were subdued. It was a remarkable drama
in which all the available Naval forces on
both sides, with the assistance of the forts,
were hotly engaged. This attack of the
fleet upon the forts and the successful pas-
sage has rightly been called the battle
of New Orleans, for it decided the fate
of that city.

On the 25th day of April the fleet at last
anchored before New Orleans where every-
thing was confusion, shipping destroyed,
cotton and coal afire, and citizens de-
moralized. Farragut's celerity which was
always his characteristic, brought a much
desired result. It led the Confederates
to destro}- the Mississippi, a powerful iron-
clad, which would have been launched in
six days. It is always stated In- some
chroniclers that this early fall of New
Orleans "nipped the purpose of the
French emperor who had held out hopes
of recognition to the Confederacy."
Captain Bailey was sent ashore to demand
the surrender of the city, and to see that
the United States flag was hoisted on the
pul)lic buildings. The anger and the

humiliation of the people were intense.
General Butler arrived on the evening of
Mav 1, when the city was put in his
charge.

After New Orleans had been occupied
by the army, Farragut sent some vessels
farther up the river. Baton Rouge and
Natchez surrendered when summoned, l}ut
Vicksburg refused and this was the one
point on the river which remained for
capture. It was quite clear that Vicksburg
would have to be taken by a land force;
but the Northern administration was
urgent that something should be done and
Farragut determined to run by the bat-
teries. This was often done afterwards,
Init the first attempts merit a brief des-
cription.

Vicksburg is 400 miles above New
Orleans and 400 miles below Memphis,
which had been taken. Owing to the

winding character of the river there were
many bends where an effective defence
could be made.

On May 28, Farragut's fleet was under
way, advancing in two columns. A
vigorous resistance was made, and the
firing was intense between the batteries
and the ships. A few hours after, the
Flag-ofiicer reported that the torts had
been passed and could be passed again as
often as necessarj-, but adding, "it will
not be easy to do more than to silence the
battt-ries for a time."

We therefore have now as the result of
the expedition from the mouth and the
one from Cairo, the combined fleets of
Farragut and Davis a few miles below the
mouth of the Vazoo River. By reason of
the hot weather and other conditions the
vigor of the campaign was relaxed and in
consequence the enemy threw up fresh
defences along the banks near Vicksburg.
But in the autumn new movements were
made to make an efTectual opening of the
Mississippi. More boats were provided,
of various sizes and fighting force, and
active operations began , toward the end of
Novemlier, when the river was rising
from the autumnal rains. The great ol)-
ject of the combined I'nion forces was the
reduction of \'icksburg.

(leneral \\'. T. Sherman with an army
32,000 strong arrived and landed on the
low ground near the mouth of the Yazoo.
On January 30, 1863, General Crrant ar-
rived to take command of the land forces.
INIany and exciting were the incidents
leading up to the success which finally
gave the North possession of the Missis-
sippi. Raids were made, special expedi-
tions were carried out, steamers were
burned, shelling of batteries was a com-
mon incident, and while Grant was
gradually closing in upon Vicksburg and
Port Hudson, the whole country, North
and South, gave all its attention to the
unfolding drama at this spt)t. Fver_\- re-
source that could be made available by the
South was put at the service of Vicksburg,
guerilla work, skirmish fights, dashing
attacks, all combined to increase the
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1863, Vicksburg surrendered, and on the
ninth the jj^arrison of Port Hudson laid
down its arms.

The Mississippi was now open from
Cairo to the Gulf, and we are told the
merchant-steamboat. Imperial, leaving
St. Louis on the eighth, reached New
Orleans on the sixteenth of that month
without any trouble. The Navy Depart-
ment assigned the command of the
IMississippi to Porter, while farragut,
w ho had been .so conspicuously the mov-
ing spirit, was ordered to the coast
operations of blockading in the Gulf.

We have not space to record the ex-
peditions in Texas and on the Red River
by General Banks and Commodore Bell.
This Naval officer was afterward followed
in command by Acting Admiral S. P.
Lee. In August, 1865, he was finally re-
lieved, and the Mississippi Squadron as an
organization ceased to be. The various
vessels engaged in the important cam-
paign on inland waters were gradually
sold. Admiral Farragut resumed the
command of his own squadron and the
Gulf, January 1864. His object then was
to attack the defences of Mobile.

The Cit}- of Mobile is thirty miles from
the Gulf at the head of a bay of the same
name. The entrance was guarded by two
defences. Forts Morgan and Cyaines.
The Confederate Squadron, under Admiral
Franklin Buchanan, consisted of the ram,
Tennessee, three small paddle-wheel gun-
boats, and besides these a few so-called
iron-clads. The Tennessee was the most
powerful iron-clad, from the keel up,
])uilt b}' the Confederac}-. Commander
J. D. Johnston was made her captain.

Obstructions of various kinds had been
prepared by the Confederates including
spiles, torpedoes and sunken vessels.
F"arragut made his preparations with great
care and then proceeded to carry out his
plans with the usual dash. The attacking
force was somewhat formidable, and the
vessels were put in complete fighting
shape. The Tecumseh under Commander
Craven soon went to the Ijottom by the
explosion of a hidden torpedo. Craven
lost his life at this time. It was here that
the vessels became somewhat entangled

and Admiral Farragut hailed to know
what was the matter. He, as we have
often been told, was on the port main
rigging of the Hartford. The answer
came back, "Torpedoes ahead." The
action of Farragut at this time was not
one of recklessness, but the strong decis-
ion of a character who had reckoned on
torpedoes and counted the cost. With a
startling quickness and emphatic expres-
sion he ordered his own ship "and the
consort ahead, and made the signal
"close order." The efforts gave a rak-
ing fire and our ships suffered from it,
obstructing one another, but luckily the
torpedoes did not alwa\'S explode and the
inspiration of Farragut subdued fear.
Eventually, although with severe injury
and considerable loss of life, our fleet
passed through and anchored in the bay
out of danger.

In this exciting experience the formid-
able ram, the Tennessee, finally fled for
safety under the guns of P"ort Morgan.
But Farragut was not satisfied to let her
remain there, since the victory would be
far from complete if she were not de-
stroyed. An encounter followed and our
monitors with the other vessels gave the
Confederate ram such hot experiences
that she surrounded. The fight lasted a
little over an hour. Fort Gaines and Fort
Morgan were soon after captured, and
Mobile as a port for blockade runners was
speedily sealed.

As soon as the main operations of the
Northern forces had been brought to a
successful conclusion sufficient troops were
sent to subdue the cit\-. Lee had laid
down his arms on the 9th, Johnston on the
24th of April, 1865, and on the 4th of
]\Iay General Richard Taylor surrendered
the Departments of Alabama and Missis-
sippi. In May 1867 the Gulf Squadron,
as it had been named, ceased to be, and
thus ended the last of the separate fleets
which the civil war had called into
existence.

CRUISERS

I have thus sketched the main events in
the three squadrons which protected our
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enemy's criiisers, of which the Alabama
■was the most famous. There was one
other that did a good deal of damage to
our commerce, the Florida. She was the
first built in England for the confederates,
but her career will not follow, turning
instead to the vessel which Semmes
commanded.

The construction of this vessel in the
English ship-yard was protested by our
minister, Mr. Adams. He had reason to
believe that, under cover of pretences,
she was destined for the Confederate
service. Notwithstanding the action by
Mr. Adams .she was allowed to get under
way and pass out into the Atlantic. This
was afterwards the source of great conten-
tions, and a final tribunal was created to
adjust the damages which we claimed from
Great Britain.

The Alabama arrived at the Azores on
the 10th of August, 1862. Here a bark
from L/Ondon brought her batteries, am-
munition stores, and coal. Two days
later a steamer arrived from Liverpool
with vSemmes and the remainder of the
officers and crew. Very soon the Alabama
statted on her cruise. The first two months
were spent in the North Atlantic, and in
this time 20 prizes were taken and burned.
vSemmes went as far as the banks with his
vessel and then turned Southward. The
Ala1)ama had various experiences from
that time until the 11th of January, 1863,
when she appeared off Galveston, Texas.
Here our squadron sighted the craft and
the Hatteras, an iron side-wheeler with 8
guns, was ordered to overhaul the Alabama.
There was a sharp fight between the two
but the inadequacy of the Hatteras was
soon made evident for she was a mere
shell. The action lasted 13 minutes and
then the crew of our war-ship was hastily
removed an<l she soon went down. The
Alabama headed for Port Royal, Jamaica,
landed her prisoners, and repaired damages
which were not severe.

Semmes was always making captures and
Imrning vessels as he went from point to
point. The English officials were con-
stantly extending favors to Semmes, and
thus he was enaljled to get into ports, and

get out of them without injury, though
our war-vessels were some time very near
him.

The depredations of the Alabama and
Florida caused our Navy Department in
the autumn of 1862 to make determined
efforts for stopping these cruisers in their
marauding careers. vSpecial vessels were
fitted out, with good speed, to trace the
Alabama and if possible to grapple with
her. The next year the Alabama arrived,
after various cruisings, at Cherbourg from
the Cape of Good Hope. This was in
June. Semmes intended to have his
vessel docked and thoroughly repaired,
but it seemed that permission was not
speedily given, so the Alabama was still
lying in the harbor when on the 14th of
June Captain John A. Winslow, with the
sloop-of-war Kearsearge steamed into
Cherbourg. The Kearsearge was not far
off when the news reached Winslow that
the Alabama was near, and he immediately
set forth hoping to have an engagement.

The first thing he did, having located
the privateer, was to .send a boat ashore
and steam ot:t of the harbor, taking
position outside and maintaining vigilant
watch on the enemy.

But it seemed that Semmes had no
intention of running away. He informed
his friends that he would fight the
Kearsarge. We are told that for four
days the Alabama was occupied uitli
preparations and on the forenoon of the
19th she went out. It was Sunda}-,
weather good but with a slight fog. The
Kearsarge, on watch, was lying the neces-
sary three miles off when the Alabama
came down escorted by a F'rench iron-clad,
guarding the neutrality of the waters, and
following was an English yacht, the
Deer hound. It seems that Semmes plans
had become known and the shore was
filled with crowds of people to see the
fight.

The description by Admiral James Rus-
sell Sole}- is well worth quoting: "As the
Alabama came out, the Kearsarge steamed
off shore to be well outside the neutral
limit and to prevent vSemmes from finding
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On reaching a point seven miles from
land, the Kearsarge tvirned short around
and steered for the enemy. The armament
of the Kearsarge was seven guns of vary-
ing calibre, weight of projectiles, 430
pounds. The Alabama had eight guns
of difTering calibre, weight of projectiles,
360 pounds. As for speed the Kearsarge
had somewhat the advantage, the
Kearsarge had 163 men and the Alabama
149, including officers in both cases. Both
ships had their batteries pivoted to star-
l)oard, the Alabama fighting seven guns on
the engaged side, while the Kearsarge
had five. The tonnage of the Kearsarge
was 1031, and that of the Alabama, 1016.

As soon as the Kearsarge had turne<l,
the Alabama opened fire from a raking
position, at a distance of a mile. The
Kearsarge came on at full speed, receiving
a second broadside and part of a third.
Coming within 900 yards, she sheered off
and returned the enemy's fire with her
starboard battery At this point she took
the offensive and endeavored to pass the
stern of the Alabama and rake her. This
the latter prevented by sheering, still
keeping her starboard iKoadside to the
sloop. These tactics were continued
throughout the action. Both vessels cir-
cled about a common center, keeping
broadside to broadside, in this way thej'
made several complete revolutions. The
two ships gradually neared in their revolu-
tions, till they were only five or six
hundred yards apart. The sides of the
Alabama, were torn b}- shell and her decks
covered with killed and wounded.

At noon, after the action had been con-
tinued hotly for an hour, the Alabama
ceased firing and headed for the shore,
then five miles off. This exposed her port
side and only two guns could be brought
to bear. The ship was filling rapidly and
as the water was rising in the fire-room,
Semmes set his fore-trysail and jibs in
hope of escaping into neutral water. The
Kearsarge steered across his bow, and
when Semmes saw that the end had come,
struck his flag. The white flag was dis-
pla}ed and the firing of the Kearsarge
ceased.

It was now a little past noon and the
Alaljama was settleing preceptibly. A
boat came alongside the Kearsarge to an-
nounce the surrender, and to ask for
assistance for the sinking vessel. The
only two boats in the ship that were not
disabled were lowered and sent to bring off
the officers and crew. The Alabama's
boat was allowed to go back for the same
purpose; the officer commanding the boat
gave his pledge that he would return, Imt
he did not.

At this moment the Deerhound ap-
proached. She had been hitherto a
spectator of the action. Winslow hailed
the yacht and asked her to assist in bring-
ing off the people of the Alabama. The
Deerhound complied with his request, and
heading for the Alabama, which was now
going down rapidly, picked up 42 persons,
and among whom were Semmes and 14
oflficers. Then she steamed out across the
channel to Southampton, England.
Winslow's offirers implored him to throw
a shell at the Deerhound when it was.
found she was making off, but he refused,
and very properly, as her participation in.
the affair was due to his own suggestion.
In making this suggestion it appeared to-
have been Winslow's idea that the Deer-
hound after receiving the fugitives would
deliver them up to him as prisoners. But
he had no right to expect anything of the
kind.

The engagement lasted an hour and
twenty minutes, after the last shot was
fired the Alabama sunk out of sight. The
number of casualties on board the defeated
cruiser was not far from 40. 70 prisoners,
were taken by the Kearsarge, three in a
dying condition, and 17 wounded. Of the
crew of the Kearsarge, three men were
wounded by the bursting of a shell on the
quarter-deck, one of whom afterwards
died. 'With this exception no one was
hurt.

Great capital was made by Semmes and
his friends, after the action, by asserting
that the Kearsarge was covered with
"chain-plating," and therefore was an
iron clad. The plating consisted simply
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the vessel's side in the wake of the
engine secured up and down by marlines
to eye bolts in the planks and covering
a space 50 feet in length by 6 in depth.
It would have afforded no protection
against a 100 pound projectile, if it had
struck it. Asa matter of fact it was struck
only twice. It had been put on a year
before at the Azores, and no secret had
ever been made of it. The talk about this
supposed deception was greatly enlarged
upon by the manv English admirers of
Semmes' character and career.

After this, cauisers of a later build, and
quite dangerous, were sent out b}' the
Confederacy, but nothing could equal the
audacity of the Alabama. The Stonewall
made some attempts toward the end of the
war, 1865, and roused some fears which
never materialized. The Stonewall was
finally surrendered to the United States
by the Spanish government.

As Admiral Soley further says: "Com-
merce destroying has Ijeen practiced on
considerable scale in early wars, but the
introduction of fast steamers enabled
Semmes to carry his operation to a point
of perfection that had never before been
attained. He entered upon a cruise of the

Alabama with a well considered plan of
operation," In fact he pursued a strategy
which was the result of a careful study
of oceanic highways, he calculated times
carefully in order to evade our cruisers,
shifting hither and thither according to a
well defined plan, and always arranging
for coaling and supplies wth great
accuracy.

It is now nearly fifty years, a half cen-
tuy, since the Civil War ended. The
war-ships of our present Navy are in strik-
ing contrast with the craft we were obliged
to use in the days gone by. Huge float-
ing forts have taken the place of the
monitors and frigates, swift torpedo boats
and guns of wonderful capacity have sup-
planted the weaker armaments of the
past.

But no record toda}- of personal valor
can surpass that which was often manifes-
ted by the officers and men of our Navy
in that notable struggle. We must give
credit by what was achieved amid great
obstacles. In that light we may say in
conclusion, that there is hardly a nobler
history of naval defence and offence than
that displayed by our union tars, from
admirals to mess-boys, in the war for the
Union.

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JoSKPH A. l,ArnAM. Uuincy Point. Mass.

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Co. H. 4th Mass.. and Co. K. ISth Mass., .'6th N. V. Cavalr;

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Cai't. Albert Prescott. Charlestown. Mass.

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Company K. Fifth Mass. Regt.

Albert Prescott was born Fel). 19, 1830,
in Charlestown, Mass. First ser.i^eant.
Company K, Fifth ^Nlassachnsetts Volnn-
teers, Minuite Men of '61, (3 months)
April 19, 1861 to July 31, 1861; first ser-
geant. Company B, Thirt_\ -Sixth Massa-
chusetts Volunteers, July 30, 1862; Cap-
tain Cotupany P., August 28, 1862, re-
signed April 29, 1863; re-enlisted captain
Company I, Fifty-.Seventh Massachusetts
Volunteers March 2, 1864; major, June

15, 1864; killed in the battle of the Mine,,
near Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864.

The following from the Historian of the
Fifty-Seventh Massachusetts Volunteers :
"His character as a .soldier and citizen was
upright and honorable. He was a man of
genial disposition, generous hearted and a
true friend. He fell with his sword drawn
in defence of his country and died under
the folds of the tattered flag which he had
bravely defended and thus closed the
pages of his earthh- life."

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Hexrv M. Hawkins

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Co. K, 5th Mass. Regt., Re-enlisted Co. C. 1st Ma.ss. Heavy Artillery

Henry M. Hawkins was born in Dover,
N. H., Oct. 20, 1840. He enlisted in
Company E, Fifth Massachusetts Infanrty,
April 19, 1861 and was discharged July 31,
1861. Sept. 1, 1861 was appointed hose-
man of Engine 3, Boston Fire department.
August 7, 1862 he enlisted in Company C,
First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery,
serving till expiration of term, July 8,
1864. March 1, 1865, re-entered the fire
department as assistant engineer of En-
gine 3 and was promoted engineer of com-

pany May 1, 1873. Detailed to repair
shop in INIay 1875 in addition to duties on
Engine 3. October 1890 relieved from
duty with engine 3 and appointed Fore-
man of repair shop, which title was
changed to Fir.st Assistant Superintendent
January 24, 1895. IMay 22, 1896 promoted
Superintendent of Repairs. F^eb. 16,
1906 retired at own request. His an-
cestors upon both sides were prominent in
service under General Washington in the
American revolution, were also in the
Colonial wars.

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Catt. William P. Brown

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Co. I. 5th Mass. Re-enlisted Co. K, 39th Mass. Vol.

William P. Brown, Ijorn in Deerham, N.
S. Aug. 20, 1840. He enlisted from
Wobnrn, Mass., and was enrolled in
Company I, Fifth Massachusetts Volun-
teers (Somerville, Minute Men of '61.)
Re-enlisted as Sergeant in Company K,
Thirty-Ninth Massachusetts for three
years.

Previous to the war he was engaged in
the grocery business which he resumed
upon his return home.

In 1872 he sold his grocery business and
engaged in manufacturing until 1890 at
which date he entered the employ of the
State as first clerk to the State Board of
Health.

Charles a. L,egg. Worcester, Mass.

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Co. B, M\ Bat. Rifles, Sergt. Co. C, 1st Mass. Cav.

ntnmW(il> \ \

March ?6'^t889

what the Fathers left
the Sons preserved

/what THEY SAVli^' .

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THE STARS AND STRIPES

PREFACE

Sufficient excuse for the appearance of
this little volume will be found in the
often repeated request, by my fellow-
prisoners of war, that the '\Stars and
Stripes" might he published for circula-
tion among our personal friends. The
general interest felt by the public at large
in all the vicissitudes to which our sold-
iers are liable, has proved its claim to be
considered among the personal friends of
the released prisoners of war. To the
public, therefore, this book is sent out
with a kindly greeting from the fourteen
hundred soldiers released by the rebels in
May last.

Written with no thought of publication,
but only to enliven some of the weary
hours of a ten months' imprisonment, it
is to be hoped the usual methods of criti-
cism will not be applied to these product-
ions. We know that those who waited

through those long months for the return
of exiled friends, will look with a kindly
eye upon anything which will throw light
upon those dark hours of prison-life.

As prisoners of war, we were unable to
fight for that glorious flag of our love,"
and naturally chose to call this collection
of papers which should testif}- to our faith-
fulness to our God, our countrj-, and our
manhood, by that name dearest to our
hearts — ' 'The Stars and Stripes ! ' '

To my fellow-prisoners, who, after
weary months of confinement In- the
rebels, have returned to hate the Rebel-
lion the more, and who feel no duty in
life so strong as that of forgetting all per-
sonal hopes, until treason is banished
from the land, this volume is respecsfully
dedicated.

W. C. B.
Boston, July, 1861.

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THE STARS AND STRIPES

published by the U)i!0)i Lyain)i at J^aris/i Priscvi, A'. O.

EDITED BY GEORGE T. CHILDS, COMPANY K, 5th MASS. REGIMENT,

Vol. 1.

XOVRMBKR 28, 1861.

No. 1.

In offering the first number of our new-
paper we deem it unnecessary to ask for
it the good will of all the members of our
societ}' ; while to the world outside, we
are confident the uplifting of the good
old Flag in the midst of our enemies, will
be received with heart}' welcomes. vShut
out from the advantages of the press, the
telegraph and the lyceum, we shall en-
deavor to create a little world of our own,
and to enjoy the benefits of a newspaper,
the debate, and social gathering. To this
end we have organized an association with
every prospect of success, and this paper
is to be our organ. We shall endeavor to
secure the latest reports of battle, of our
prospects of release, and of all items of
interest. By the aid of an efficient corps
of reporters we shall be able to present
each issue the latest and most reliable re-
ports; while having secured from among
our number the best talent, we shall also
be able to present the finest literary efforts
of the finest writers; our columns will be
open to all, but all personalities will be
carefully omitted. We shall treat impar-
tially upon all matters of interest in our
society, and endeavour to promote its in-
terests everywhere; shall be the unflinch-
ing advocate of the policy of our
government, and permit nothing detri-
mental to its interests to find place in our
columns. Entreating the contributions of
our members, we laamch our little craft
upon the tide of public favor. Calling to
our aid all our friends, asking the charity
of all, we offer this first number.

THK UNION IvYCEUM

This has been accepted as the title of
our new Society, and we think very
appropriately. As prisoners, the name
Union means all that is dear to our hearts;
and separated from all the blessings of
that Union, we give to our association this
name, which will insure its success.
It is the intention of the association to
hold weekly meetings, to participate in
readings and declamations, and the
reading of our paper. At our last meeting
the following list of officers were chosen:

President, W. C. Bates, Massachusetts
/ 'ice-President ,\N .H.Scoit, Ohio
Secretary, C. S. Chapman , Michigan
Editor ,Q,^o.t.Q\\\\(\^, Massachusetts

Delmte Coinuiittee,

L/. Warren, Ohio

E.K. Smith, Ohio

Declamation Com m ittee

\ H.O.Bixbv, New Jersey
\ Alex. Parker, Ohio

THE PROvSPECT

\\"ith but few means at our disposal,
whereby we may judge of the progress of
the war, and those coming from one side,
it may seem entireU' speculative to con-
sider for a few moments the prospect of a
speedy termination of the war and the
overthrow of this bogus confederacv,
wliich, after virtuall}- ruling this nation
for a quarter of a century, has, upon its
downfall from power, attempted to estab-
lish a government founded upon the worst
principles of injustice and oppression.

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The question is our government progress-
ing as rapidly as is possible in the subjuga-
tion of the rebellion? is often asked.
With plenty of money, an abundance of
men, and, as we have every reason to
believe, the sympathy of the civilize<l
world, are they doing all they should
in ending this terrible war? Our main
purpose in treating of this subject is to
answer, as far as possible, the many com-
plaints heard on everj- hand that our
government has failed to perform her
promises. At the commencetient of this
contest it was hardly supposed the rebel-
lion extended beyond the Cotton States;
and either by the aid, or at least the
neutrality of the Border States, but little
doubt was held that before winter the
rebellion would be overthrown. But as
one after another of the Border States
yielded to the force of circumstances and
swelled the rebel forces, and enlisted their
fortunes under the reljel banner, it became
apparent that an immense force and a
longer time would be necessary to prove
our government strong enough to punish
treason at home and restore our land to its
former Union and harmony. Of the dis-
aster at Manassas, Big Bethel, and else-
where, I need not pause to consider.
That they were mistakes, gigantic
mistakes, which in a nation less powerful,
with a people less patriotic than ours,
would have stamped its ruin, none will
deny. But months have elapsed since
these disasters, and what has been done?
Our army has been increased in numbers
and strengthened in discipline; our navy
has been changed from the least efficient
to the most powerful in the world, and we
stand today on the threshold of great
events, invincible. We read, it is true, of
disaster, but it comes from southern
sources; while from Hatteras, from Port
Royal, from Beaufort, come the words of
encouragement which teach us that the
enemy are being surrounded and discom-
fited. The cause is .steadily advancing,
and the brightness of the future casts its
light upon the present. Our hosts are
assuredly marching on to victory. \\'ith
the prayers of thousands of mothers,
fathers, and friends, with God on our side.

and ju.stice written upon our arms, victory
will surely be ours. P'ear not and faint
not; our cause is right and will surely
triumph. Doubt not, our (iod is strong
enough and will crush out this wickedness
ere long.

WHY WAS I NOT KILLED

"In each event of life how clear
Thy ruling hand I see"

One who has been in battle, with Death
whispering and beckoning on every hand,
in the whiz of bullet or whirr of cannon-
ball, with shells Inirsting, and cannon
belching forth its thunder, now takin%^ the
hurried farewell words of a dying friend,
or bearing the mutilated body of a
wounded comrade out of range of the
thoughtless metal at its close finding him-
self alive and unharmed, must have the
question to ask of the Fates, Why was
I not killed? Nor can he satisfy himself
by averring in answer, his friends, his-
position, his high hopes, youth, wisdom,
good resolutions for the future, or his
insignificance, that one or many of these
saved his life, for he knows that these
were equally the possession of manj' a
noble comrade whose friends now name
him with hushed voice and tearful eyes;
he can only conclude that it was the will
of God. To Him I owe my life. For
what purpose He saved ni}- life in pre-
ference to others, I know not. From
thence is not the conclusion clear to a
thoughtful person: I owe then my services
to Him , to do His will henceforth is my
constant duty. He must have work for me
to do. Is it in myself? I will dense
myself from every sin. Is it for my fellow
men? I will be open to catch the first
whisper of His will. Gladly, gladly, will
I for evermore devote myself to His
service.

THE HOPES OF A RELEASE

No question is so often discussed , and
none upon which there is such a variety of
opinions as that which so directly effects
us prisoners, and which is the subject
of this article. Every heart beats anx-
iously to hear of the least movement on
the part of our government which tend

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to either an exchange or parole. Rvery
(lav, and almost every hour, reports come
to us (many of them no (loul)t manufac-
tured), of movements which seem to tend
to a speedy relief. What are really the
facts, and what hope can we lay hold
of regarding a speedy return to our homes ?
It will be generally conceded that our
government will never consent to a direct
exchange, and but few would wish to see
it done. (_)ur trust, then, lies either in
the capture of this city by our forces, the
speedy termination of this war, or in a
mutual parole of all the prisoners. < )ur

forces are, according to the best informa-
tion, on the eve of attacking Columbus,
and should they succeed in capturing
that citv, our enemies concede this place
could make but little resistance. That
our fleet will at present advance upon the
city seems hardly prol:)able, although a
fortnight since we should not have been
surprised if they had done so. From all
information we can receive we have little
hope that we shall hear at present the
tramp of Freedom's forces in this city
of rebellion. Whatever prospect there
may be of an early settlement of this war,
we leave our readers to determine from
the debate of today. It would seem that
whatever our government intends doing
in regard to a parole should be done at
once, and from the signs of the times
we are glad to believe the most strenuous
efforts are being made by our friends to
induce our government to consent a parole.
But we must not feel uneasy if it requires
a long time to change the policy of a
nation, which determining at the outset
to refuse all recognition of this bogus
government, will be obliged to concede
something even in paroling. We cannot
but feel hopeful M'hen we realize the great
principle involved in our release. No
soldier can go into battle with confidence
if the prospect of a long imprisonment is
before him, and we feel assured our
government is fully aware of this. Friends
are working, thousands of prayers are
daily ascending for our return, and with
faith and patience we await the good time
coming when the joyful "Home again"
shall sound. We can faintly picture the

jov, the glad shouts which will ascend
when, once more freemen, we shall stand
under the folds of our dear old flag. Cheer
up, ve faint-hearted who lose confidence
in our government; our friends do not
forget us, our government does not forget
us, and, dearer consolation than all, our
Father above does not forget iis, but with
his everlasting care and love is ever
near us.

MARKETS

Bread — Readily taken in small quanti-
ties.

Bone — Sales small, owing to change
of guard.

Soup — Considerable decrease, owing to
the abundance of water.

Rice — None in market

Meat — Pfeavy

WOEEEN.S — Very almndant in the form
of rags.

REVIEW OF THE WEEK

On Thursday of last week, one Fungel
was arrested in this city, charged with
being one of a secret society, numbering
5,000 members, pledged to forward the
interest of the Lincoln government. We
trust he may be guilty.

The 1 tone-market seems to be over-
stocked with the common qualities.
Rings are round, while toothpicks con-
tinue pointed. The imports have been
irregular, parties take salt, soap, vinegar
on call; tea continues stead}, two thirds
orange leaves, the other third doubtful.

Some of the citizens appeared at the
review on Saturday- without arms. Better
been without arms than without legs at
Manassas.

The Federal troops have not jet attacked
Cokimbus, may they soon come down out
of Egypt and smite the Philistines.

It was announced by a criminal, on
Tuesday, the Columbus and Llobile were
taken; but as he was in for only three
months his report was not believed. ( )nly
first-class criminals need report in future.

Some suppose the Provost - Marshal
comes into the yard three times a week
to see the prisoners of war. His real
object is to get the news.

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363

Whatever may be the "fortunate num-
ber, " it is evident the "Union Lycenm"
thinks most of Xo. S.

( )ur Richmond exchanges continue to
indulge in select Billingsgate on each
arri\al of prisoners.

South Carolina proposes to treat the
invaders as Governor Wise ilid John
Brown, we rather think the hanging will
be on the other side this time.

Toda\' is generally set apart as the time
honored Thanks-giving day. Dear old
New England custom ! Whose heart
does not .soften at the thovight of the
faniih' gatherings ! God bless every home
on Thanks giving da\' !

The Confederates expect an immediate
attack at Columljus and Manasses.

The "dearest right" to petition has

been exercised by our comrades in con-
sequence of the Grand consolidation move
of the prison cajtain. Who has not
admired the compact manner in which
.spoons are packed by jewellers? Who
likes to sleep spoon-fashion for all that?

The boys in Xo. 4 who were so frigh-
tened by finding a few grains of rice
in their soup on Tuesday, are recovering.
Joe Mullaly assures us it was all a
mi.stake.

NOTICK

A prayer meeting wiil be held in Cell
No. 4, 2d floor, on Sal)bath morning, at 9
o'clock; al.so on Wednesday, in Cell No. 2,
2d floor, at 2 p. m, A Bible-class is held
every Sunday at 1 p. m., in cell X^'o. 8, 2d
floor.

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THE STARS AND STRIPES

Published by the I'liion Lyceum at Parisli Prison, N. O.

EDITEP BV GEORGE T. CHILDS, COMPANY K, 5th MASS. REGIMENT.

Vol. 1.

DFXRMBER 5, 1861.

No. 2

The first meeting of our Society was
held on Thursday, the twenty-eighth
ultimo. The President, W. C. Bates, ac-
cepted the office in a few well-chosen re-
marks. A debate then occurred upon the
following : "Resolved, that the present
war will be ended by the Spring of 1862."
The debate was ably conducted by Messrs.
Scott, Warren, Parker, Stiles and Smith.
With the reading of the "Stars and
Stripes," and miscellaneous business, the
meeting closed. The interest taken by
the members in the exercises, and the
great number of our friends who were
present, must have convinced all that our
Society was sure to succeed. W'e were
gratified beyond measure to see that the
efforts of the founders of our little Society
were so far stamped with success. It
needs work — needs the hearty co-operation
of all, needs a deep interest in all the pro-
ceedings, a sacrifice of personal feelings to
the general interest — to place our Society
on a permanent foundation. We feel
assured of these, and thus hold no ques-
tion of the success of the Union Lyceum.

NEWS

Twenty-five thousand men, and forty-
three vessels, are reported to be near
Savannah. An expedition to Charleston,
under Butler, is talked of. It is reported
our government has six hundred thosuand
men in the field, completely armed and
equipped.

Secretary Chase stated in New York,
that our government saw their wav clearlv

to crush the rebellion, and the publi:
would soon hear tidings of success more
effective than that from Port Royal and
the West. Our army will not go into
winter quarters in Virginia, but will pro-
ceed activel}- during the winter. A des-
patch from the commander of the flotilla
which is to operate on the Mississippi,
says he is making rapid progress. The
Constitution, the largest wooden steamer
in the world, has left Boston with three
Massachusetts regiments for an expedi-
tion to the southern coast. Ship Island we
expect. The "St. Louis Democrat" pro-
poses that our vessels should skate down
the Mississippi.

General Wool is reported to have two
ship-loads of rebel prisoners at Fort Mon-
roe, with instructions to effect an ex-
change of some kind.

NOTICE

There will be a prayer meeting in Cell
No. 4, on Sunday a. m., at nine o'clock,
and in Cell No. 2, Wednesday at 2 p. m.
A Bible class is held in Cell No. 8, each
Sunday at 1 p. m. All are invited to
attend.

PLEASURES OF MEMORY

It would be very difficult to determine
what proportion of man's happiness is de-
rived from the pleasures of memory. In
some situations of life this becomes almost
the only source of comfort, and even in
the most favorable of outward circum-
stances we owe much to the unsubstantial

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pageants memory causes to pass before Memor)- double's a man's life ; ^ve live
our mind's eye. We should not, perhaps not only the present Ijut the past ; and
have missed this facultv of memory had Hope adds another life as enticing, but
our beneficent Father left it out of our more dovibtful, than the others. If the
constitution ; but to his love we owe all present is cheerless, and the future a
the hope and inspiration which this l)lank on which Hope hestitates to write
faculty gives us. her predictions, we can turn to the past,
We say the pleasures of memory ; for the young past of a few months ago or the
even in those sad thoughts of days of dis- old past of years, and somewhere, in
aster now long gone by is there not a every life, we can find a cottage or a
melancholy pleasure you would not fore- place to shelter till the present returns to
go ? Would you forget that last sad smile its allegiance and grants us happy hours,
of the one who left you years ago for the It is sometimes argued that the clearer
better land? Those few words of parting, consciousness of the next world will pre-
though dropping through a shower of sent every event of this life to our memory
tears, would you forget one of them? with life-like accuracy; that not a mis-
How plainly can you yet see the first deed or mischance can then be forgotten,
school-house, and event upon event which If this be so, how nmch need there is of
there made vour happiness? With a writing over each dav with generous noble

slight effort, you can even repeat the ^^'^^ ^ ^^'^^ ^■^^," '^ becomes the past,

, , 1 .. , Meniorv mav allure us with pleasures

words of commendation the teacher used rather than threaten us with her chastise-

upon some special occasion. ments.

PENS!
By Kebuts

"The quill from pinions of one goose we fetch
Opinions of another goose to sketch . ' '

Let epic poets roar and thunder,

And all the world be dumb with wonder ;

Let tragic bards, to horrify us,

With subjects dire and awful ply us ;

Content, I sing a little thing, —

A goose-quill pen from goose's wing.

The ancients wrote with sharpened reeds,

And chronicled their wondrous deeds.

Whate'er they would hand down to us.

They wrote it with a calamus.

Thus Homer wrote, and Aeschylus,

Thus Tully, Horace, Tacitus,

Thucydides, Demosthenes,

And Xenophon, and many men

Whom I must now forbear to name ;

Their writings still much notice claim.

If history we rightly quote.

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Mahomet's clerk the Koran wrote

(Mahomet to write had never learned)

With charcoal, or a sharp stick burned,

On clean, white shoulder-blades of sheep,

Then threw 'em in a chest to keep ;

A chapter on each shoulder-blade, —

So these combined the Koran made.

The seventh century of our era

(About the time there is some query,

Whether seventh or sixth I can't just state.)

Produced a man of genius great,

Who introduced a pen, — much better,

And made posterity his debtor.

This man from Folley's ebmlem plucked

The tools which Wisdom used to instruct.

The benefactors of the race

In history oft find no place

We ne'er shall know who, first of men,

For writing used a goose-quill pen ;

Was he a Greek or Roman, Goth or Hun ?

Who was his father ? who his son ?

Not from the eagle, that high flier,

Nor from the swan, that all admire,

The implements of Wisdom came.

But from the goose, that men defame.

From this, if rightly I discern,

A useful lesson we may learn :

"Small things we never shall despise,

Nor turn our nose up if we're wise."

Poets, twelve centuries or more.

Have used the goose's wings to soar ;

And, in return, there's not a gander

Or goose but what they pluck and slander.

Now writers have so multiplied

With quills they ne'er could be supplied.

Besides, 'tis proper, all must feel.

An Iron Age should write with steel.

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REVIEW OF THE WEEK

The past week has been rather devoid
of incident. In another column may be
found several items of news, some of
which may be reliable. Oiir exchanges
have been very irregular of late ; indeed
only one of our contemporaries having
come to hand, and that being French and
our interpreter in the dungeons, we are
saved the necessit}^ of denying any of its
facts i ! "All Fools' Day" seems to come
oftener in this climate than any other.
To judge by the various reports circulated,
one would suppose it a perpetual April 1.
The last canard is the capture of JefT.
Davis. We expect to hear he was visiting
Boston incog, and was captured by Gen.
Fremont at Cairo or Ship Island.

The markets remain firm. A ration of
beef finds buyers at one quarter loaf.
Bread continues the chief circulating
medium, mainly in small denominations —
quarters and halves. Soup varies ;
readily taken in small quantities as
"extra." Imports have been almost ex-
clusively confined to molasses, which is.
now out of the market.

Most of our citizens at this time engage
in hunting expeditions. The game is
abundant ; limited in variety, but un-
limited in quantity.

Query. Is the "bone of contention"
best fitted for rings, toothpicks, or slides >
We have just learned of the capture of

JefT. D. He was taken by , a

daguerreotypist.

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SONNET ON BONES

BY ONE OF THE CRAFT

I propose to give in homely rhyme
A few hints to those who are prone

To spend the slow hours of prison-tinK
In manufacturing bone.

For though the labor is hard indeed,
And in money but very small pay,

Yet it gives us the exercise we need
To keep disease away.

And first of all a bone must be got,

Which as bones are weighed, not made,

Is not an easy task I wot,

Where so many are in the trade.

Here I'll tell you a plan you can try, —
It has Dominique for a voucher, —

He says that bones can be got on the sly,
By giving a ring to the butcher.

Bones that are raw are best I opine,

(Though some prefer bones that are boiled,)

As the first will easily take a shine,

For which in vain on the other I've toiled.

It matters not much which you take.
If 'tis only heavy, clear, and bright,

And if a thing of value you'd make,
Your bone must be perfectly white.

Now, here let me advise,

That you have saw and knife of your own.
For at least 'tis very unwise

To be bothering friends for a loan.

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you If borrow my saw, 'tis my hope
That yoiril use it as I myself do,

Put on plenty of water and soap.
And carry your hand firm and true.

If any device you w^ould raise

On the top of the ring that you make,
The edge of the bone you always

For the face of the ring must take..

If the bone is to be reduced.

The light-colored stones are quickest ;
But for giving the finishing touch,

The dark-colored stones are the slickest.

I'll tell you where is the best one, —

Near the barrels on the side next the tub,

Where, if any nice work is to be done,
I give the finishing rub.

To assist you in shaping the bone.

And briefly — I'll only just say.
That at the point where most weight is put on^

The bone will wear fastest away.

By experience here I have found
That in making the hole for a ring,

A piece of cloth round your knife-handle wound
Is what sojer boys call — -"a big thing."

For something them inside and out,
A properly shaped piece of brick

Is better, beyond a doubt,

Than the old-fashioned sand on a stick.

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If like a very rare ffeni,

You'd have them take polish as bright,
111 soap and water just put them,

And let them lie there over night-

-A piece of thick woollen cloth

With some brick-dust sprinkled thereon,
Is the best thing that I enow of,

To put a finish on bone.

X)on't make your ring too stout,

Beaut}' for lack of strength will atone.

Who wishes to carry about

A great clumsy chunk of a bone ?

If a handsome stiletto you'd make,

That you'll not be ashamed to carry home,

'The greatest care you should take
In shaping the finger and thumb.

"Would you get up a book, an anchor, or heart,

That you may expect to admire,
'Give it the utmost extent of your art.

No matter how much time t'will require.

We know that rings must buy bread,
But remember the dear ones at home.

And make up some nice things ahead,

To carry when the "good time" shall come.

The "good time" is coming my friends.

May it see none but joyful tears ;
Grind bone 'till captivity ends.

And away with your doubts and your fears.

S. B. S.

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Vol 1

Piiblis/icd l\v tlic I 'iiioii Lyccion at Parisli Piisoii, X. O.

iiDITED BY J. W. DICKIXS

DECEMBER 12, 1861.

No. 3

The success which has attemled the
past efforts of those interested in the wel-
fare of this Society, should Ijy no means
be suffered to undergo a change. Its
future success will depend upon the ala-
crity with which members perform their
duties, either allotted or inferred. Of the
latter class of duties I have a word to saw
The duty of an editor is to select, from
the many articles which ought to Ije given
him, the best ; to write an editorial and
read the papers. The duty of each mem-
ber of this Society is to write an article
at least once in two weeks, and hand it to
the editor at least one da}- before the day
appointed for its reading. Do not charge
us, we pray you, with being of a complain-
ing disposition, for the performance of
this duty b}- each member will not only
benefit the present editor but all those
who are to come after. One word to the
Committee on Debate. It is verj- evident
the debates have not been as interesting
as could be wished ; this is easily ac-
counted for on the ground that the mem-
bers do not feel at home yet. If the com-
mittee will select some simple ciuestion,
on which those among us who are un-
initiated may launch themselves, we have
no doubt they will soon take part ; we beg
then, that the committee will avoid the
selection of such questions as even in
their very reading make the timid afraid.

REVIEW OF THE WEEK
Our exchanges have been very irregular
the past week, as our principal carrier has
removed to Baton Rouge (Penitentiarv) .

Some four hundred and ninety of our
community were suddenly arrested on
\\'ednesday, and locked up at a moment's
warning, — and that too, jiist at the time
we are wont to expect the cheering dinner
call. Some thought the Parol of Honor
was about to be administered, others that
it was in retaliation of the treatment of
vSlidell and INIason /; the real cause porved
to Ije that one of our number used disre-
pectful language to the gentlemanly
criminal in charge of the door. There is
some talk of a telegraph from Ship Island
to the Parish Prison, for the accommoda-
tion of the Yankees. The firm of Mason
and Slidell have gone-- not into insol-
vency — Imt into Fort Warren. General
Floyd has "fallen back" again, not re-
treated ! Oh no, only Federal troops do
that. We have but few sailors among us,
yet all would like to be on board the Ship
Island. The occupants of Cell No. 1,
"down stairs," will doubtless be glad to
learn their close confinement on Wednes-
day was a mi.stake.

REMOVAL

—Sinclair, Esq., has removed, this
Thursday morning, to— the dungeon ; no
visitors expected unless bringing their
blankets.

Query — Is the thirrl floor called the
Gallery from the loose character of the
former female occupants ?

One of the most beautiful sights we
have ever witnessed, is to be seen every
Sunday morning in one of the cells of
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blasphemy and vileness ascended and
reached the ears of the Recording Angel ;
now in this place a band of devoted dis-
ciples of Christ meet and adore their Re-
deemer, where the name of the Deity is
only mentioned with re\-erence and love.
How pleasing this mnst be to onr God ;
and what a glorious answer is this to the
unfounded accusations of our enemies.
We have more reason to feel proud of this
element amongst us than we have of au}-
other. Do "vile, illiterate, God-forsaken
men," establish meetings where the mind
is developed, enlarged and refined, or
where our Father is worshipped ? Never
were our enemies farther from the truth
than when thej' said we looked as though
the Almighty had deserted us. What
miserable, narrow-minded men must they
be who, judging l^y a man's outward ap-
pearance, condemn his moral reputation !
Men who will not honestly inquire into
the circumstances, but rush headlong to
untruthful conclusions. May the prayer-
meetings continue to receive the approval
of Hi n to whom they are dedicated ; and
may those of us who have taken on our-
selves the name of Christ, be incased in
the invulnerable armor of Light ; and,
filled with the Holy Spirit, push on to re-
newed conquests, and earn those wreaths
of glory awarded to all brave and valiant
Knights of the Cross.

The following paragraph having ap-
peared in one of the New Orleans papers,
we have undertaken to give a little ex-
planation for the benefit of those who do
not fairly iinderstand it : — ' 'An armj'
order, issued by Cameron, lately, directs
all officers and enlisted men of the Fed-
eral VoU;nteer service, now prisoners in
the hands of the Confederates, or reported
as missing in action, to be transferred to
skeleton regiments, to be formed by the
Governors of the respective States, and to
consist entirely of such missing officers
and men. The vacancies thus occasioned
in the regiments will be filled by the
Governors of the various States to which
the regiments belong." This means, as
we understand it, that all the soldiers
coming from any one State and now lield

pri-soners, — or as the paragraph reads, re-
ported missing in action, — are now to be
formed into one regiment .; it will there-
fore be a regiment in name only. When-
ever it shall be the good fortune of these
men to Ije released, they will report them-
selves to the Governor of their State, and
he will do with them as he sees fit. In
the meantime he is ordered to make up
the deficiencies occasioned by such cir-
cumstances, that is to say, if five hundred
Ohio men were missing, then the Gover-
nor will cause to be recruited a like num-
ber and place them at the disposal of the
general government, which will, on the
arrival of the men at headquarters, send a
sufficient number to fill the vacancies in
each regiment. We imagine the object of
this action of the government is, in the
first place, to keep a systematic account of
all the men now absent, so as to provide
for their pay, etc.; and, in the second
place, to make the regiment to which
these absent men belonged, full. We do
not see that this order is to affect our
hopes of release, — would that it did pro-
vide for us. Our position as a truthful
expositor of passing events, forbids us en-
couraging the idea — with which some are
carried away — that this order is a provis-
ion for our expected return home.

NOTICE
All persons desiring to establish among
the strangers visiting the prison, the im-
pression that we have set up our stomachs
as household gods, and of gaining a repu-
tation for greediness and beastly behavior,
are requested to meet every noon around
the barrel containing the extra soup. It
is the general desire they meet iu such
numbers as cannot fail to terrify specu-
lators, and consequently produce a decline
in the pork market. Special meetings of
this body will be called on appearance of
any empty molasses barrel.

A WORD UPON EXCHANGE

Mr. Editor, — Sir : — Allow me, through
the columns of your valuable paper, to
offer a slight rebuke to a class of indi-
viduals, of whom I am sorry to say there
are quite a number amongst us. I de-

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nominate them "the growlers," and
tlieir chief offence consists in their com-
])]ainintj continnally of the I'ederal gov-
ernment becanse it does not gratifv the
vSonthern confederacy' and them, hy con-
senting to a regular exchange of prisoners.
Ivct me, Sir, in as brief a manner as pos-
sible, endeavor to show them the folly and
selfishness of such a course. It is ac-
knowledged on all hands that if the Fed-
eral government agrees to exchange pri-
soners, in the manner usual between two
nations at war with each other, it will
\irtually acknowledge this so-called
Southern confederacy to have the rights
of a nation. The course of our govern-
ment, the opinions of the press, and the
anxious endeavor of the rebels to bring
about such an arrangement, are sufficient
evidence to establish the po.sition I have
assumed, without recourse to further argu-
ment. It will not be denied that the fond
hope and chief reliance of the leaders of
this rebellion was in the belief that
foreign governments would be obliged
to recognize them. The most sanguine of
them have been obliged to relinquish all
hope of such an event. Would it then be
wise for our own government to adopt the
very course that in other nations they have
been exerting strenuous efforts to prevent ?
Can we be so selfish as to imagine for one
moment that it is the duty of our govern-
ment to .sacrifice the welfare of twenty
millions of people, and of who can tell
how many millions yet unborn, for the
sake of returning to civilized life two or
three thousand men who volunteered their
lives, if need be, to protect the govern-
ment the}- now so unjustly censure. I
should consider it one of the greatest evils
that could befall me, if, for a single
moment, my fidelity to the Federal gov-
ernment should be doubted. Our suffer-

ings are as nothing compared with those
of our forefathers in their struggle to
establish what we now sujjport. It is
natural that men should grow irritible and
gloomy, situated as we are, and if one
does not carefully examine the case, he
will be apt to find fault with our govern-
ment ; we hope, however, these few words
will call all back to reason. Depend upon
it our government is, and has lieen, doing
all that consistently lies in its power to re-
lease us. I doubt not it has nuule honor-
able proposals to our captors for our
release, but they have been rejected
simply because they do not gratify their
pride and fulfill their hopes of recognition.
If it is possible for our government to
release us, they will. Let us, then, bear
up bravel}' under our trials until such time
as either our \ictorious arms or successful
diplon:acy may honorably release us.
Truly yours,

Contentment.

Died in the Hospital, December Stli, vS.
H. Willey, of the 11th Massachusetts
Regiment. — Death has again visited us
and taken away a young man, who by
his quiet and gentlemanly Ijehavior had
made many friends. The very name by
which he was known is a simple tribute of
respect felt for him by those who knew
him. No rude, quarrelsome, or unkind
young was ever able to keep with him,
until manhood, a name with which in-
nocence and modesty belong! "Little
Willey" is dead! and hard as.it may
seem for a young man to sicken and die
without the tender nursing of a mother, or
the loving evidences of affection and care
from dear relatives, we must humbly bow
our heads, snd prepare ourselves for a
journey to "the bourne from which no
"traveller returns.

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Vol 1.

Piib/is/ifd by the Vuioii Lyceum at Parish Priso//, uV O.

KDITED BV J. W. DICKIXS

DECEMBKR 19, 1S61.

Xo. 4

SINGUIvAR FACTS IVvSTABEISHED

DURING THE REBEI^IylON

OF 1861

Wooden shoes are superior to leather
ones ; they are more pliable. Cotton cloth
is far warmer than woolen and more en-
durable. When enough corn is raised in
one crop to supply the people for two
years, it is necessary to raise the price two
hundred per cent, higher than when none
is grown. Rye coffee is much superior to
Mocha. All the soldiers in the Southern
army are "gentlemen ;" — (query, what
kind of a gentleman is the individual who,
for the last two or three days, has carried
out the refuse ?) Red, blue or green
pieces of pasteboard are superior to coin as
a circulating medium. In the South,
there are any quantity of fine salt mines,
yet the people prefer to use coarse.
Orange-leaves make much better tea than
hyson does. The Southern army is al-
ways victorious, and yet never fails to fall
back when the enemy advances ; and it is
an utter impossibility for them to lose
more than one man.

THE TORIES OF 1861
BY ALEE

Side by side with the many noble names
which are wiitten all over the history of
the Revolutionary struggle, stands also
the indelible record of those who forfeited
manhood, who sacrificed country for
wealth or honor. What school boy, as his
heart fills with pride at the daring deeds
of Marion and Sumpter, does not turn to

the list of recreants which darkens everv
page, with scorn and contempt ! Who,
in his mature manhood, as he drops a tear
upon the grave of Warren, does not feel
his cheek tingle at the name of Arnold !
In this second contest, equaling if not
surpassing that of the Revolution in the
principles involved, what will be the
record of those who, without the excuse
of Southern education, sympathize with
and even aid the enemies of free institu-
tions and of all most dear to mankind !
If history writes the names of the tories of
'76 with nothing but scorn, and even
those to wdioiii they sold their countrv ig-
nore their friendship and acquaintance,
what will she say of those who could be-
tray a nation whose success or failure
stamped the fate of republican institutions
forever, without even the hope of the re-
ward of wealth or position ! If the lives
of the former are covered with infamv,.
what shall be the record of those who, in
the darkest hour of their country's need,
proved traitors to their trust and man-
hood ! In the days of suiTering and dark-
ness, without pay, food, or clothing, some
left their country's cause and joined her
enemies, but they were few ; and, with
the promise of comfort and almost luxury,
our wonder is that their number is not
larger ; but what shall be the excuse of
the man}' of this day who, because suffer-
ing from a prolonged imprisoment, freely
offered to enlist under the rebel banner,
and fight to destroy a nation, but for the
benefit of whose free schools and free
institutions, would have died in ignorance

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and perhaps .-rime ! We have heard
among our number the remark from
some, that they would not again fight for
a government which would not protect its
soldiers from imprisonment. You never
enlisted to fight for a government alone ;
you are fighting for a principle dearer
than life to every manl\- heart. CiO join
the traitor's crew ! We would rather
meet you as a foe than stand with )'OU
under our flag which you would disgrace ;
— rather, far rather, see you boldly lift
3-our traitorous arm to strike down that
flag, than to sell your land by treachery,
or associate with those who hold no sacri-
fice too dear for their country's welfare.
You have acted the traitor's part, and de-
serve a traitor's doom. There are a few
who assert they were forced to enlist.
Shame upon him who declares this !
How dared ^^ou, when }our arm was
needed to defend your land from ruin,
wait one hour without offering it freely
and willingly ! God forbid any such
should fall and have their names recorded
by the side of the heroes who have died
for the right. As in "Honor's immortal
Tablets" there will be a place for John-
son, Ellsworth, Scott, and the many who
have stood nobly for the right, — brighter
and purer than the patriots of '76, — so will
the list of those who are recreant now be
infinitely blacker and more contemptible
than those who were Tories then.

NOTICE TO PRISONERS

All prisoners of war leaving for the
North during the month of December are
cautioned that the weather there is gener-
ally cooler at this season than here, and it
would be well to get accustomed to the
wearing of pants or jackets before leaving
these present quarters ; otherwise their
awkwardness may attract atteniton in
Washington and at home. To prevent
any bad resiilts from too sudden change
of diet, the authorities have changed the
morning-call from ' 'Tea- ho" to ' 'Rye-O! ' '
The prisoners will be duly notified of anj'
change of vegetables. Beefsteaks will be
furnished in the spring — perhaps.

REVIEW OF THE WEEK

In ancient times th- fate of nations was
foretold by the flight of birds. Ye.sterday
.si.x geese flew over the yard — northward.
Our readers may infer this to foreliode
that we are to leave for home in six days,
six weeks, or six months, about as definite
as the Delphic oracles ever were.

Beauregard has not yet advanced on
Washington, nor will he- while he remains
where he now is. This is the most im-
portant news we have of the army of the
Potomac.

There are four war-vessels at the mouth
of Mobile Bay. It is generally believed
General INIcClellan has recommended a
general exchange of prisoners. One hun-
dred and fifty prisoners were sent to
Columbus by the Federals last week. ;
they were sent up the river on guard the
same night. Were they paroled ?

General McCulloch refused to obey an
order of General Price lately. When
rogues fall out, honest men take courage.
The grand jury, alias "prison commis-
sioners," or whatever the}- may be called,
visited the prison on Saturday last, and it
is understood they were highly pleased by
the variety of costume presented by our
U. S. soldiers in confinement. The result
of their inspection is not yet manifest ;
certainly we are not less crowded, and
bread is no more plenty.

The report that General McClellan has
been authorized to exchange prisoners,
needs confirmation. A report, seeminglj'
reliable, reached us today that Columbus
was attacked j-esterday (Wednesda}-)
morning. The Federal soldiers in front
of Manassas protest against being put on
picket-guard if there is to be no exchange
of prisoners ; they do not like the prospect
of Southern dungeons. We doubt that.
President Lincoln.

Whether the blockade is effectual or
not, it has effectually cut short our salt.
"Too lazy to earn his salt," cannot be
said of any prisoner of war here, for salt
can't be got with any amount of hard
labor.

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NOTICES

The usual prayer meetings will be held
Sunday morning, in Cell No. 4, at 9
o'clock, and Wednesday p. m., in No. 2,
at 1 o'clock. A Bible-Class is holden in
Cell No. Sat 1 o'clock, p. m., each Sun-
da}'. All are cordiall\- invited to attend.

COMMERCIAIv REPORT FROM

PEIvEG & BROS. PRICE

CURRENT

New Orleans, 12 a. m., December 13,
1861. We have very little change to
notice in our markets. Tradesmen may
judge from the following how goods may
be ticketed. Bread-stuffs remain firm at
1^4 ; an advance to l|i is expected by
some — we doubt it. Rice, scarce ; small
quantities, badly damaged by water, are
daily offered below. Salt, scarce ; a fresh
supplv is expected soon. Soap, easy ; the
market of late has been very thinly sup-
plied with this useful article ; no sales,
some bartering for breadstuffs. Tin —
blocks, no sale ; plates have been chang-
ing hands freely at /4 to ^z loaves.
Blankets, easy ; few sales at various prices.
"Clark's Marine Report" quotes "fine
well-knitted grays at five shares in Apollo
line, or equivalent in breadstuffs."
Spirits, high and firm — we advise holders
not to part with their stock at present, as
the Grand Jury are about to take action on
some measures which will prove advan-
tageous to trade. Coffee, dull ; small
quantities of "Rye-ho" (Rio) have been
offered this week. Rings — this branch of
trade has been unusually good, owing
parti}' to the scarcity of bone, as well as
the sudden influx of strangers to our city,
who bought up poor brands at fabulous
prices ; the market has been completely
drained of articles which can receive the
General approval. Meats — beef espec-
ially, remains firm ; from a special des-
patch dated 11 >^ a.m., we should say a
downward tendency was inevitable.

Sanctum, No. 4, Second Floor.

WHien we were boys, (an editor is al-
ways excusable for using the plural on the
ground that he desires to avoid egotism,)

the most fascinating occupation that we
could possibly engage in we thought
would Ije that of an editor. Whenever
any large nuts were picked, a sample was
immediately sent to the editor ; if the
pears were unusually large and mellow,
the best were set apart for the editor ; if
the peaches were more luscious and finer
than ever, that favored mortal had the
first taste ; if strawberries, blackberries,
raspberries — in short, all kinds of berries,
had grown to a great size, and contained
more sweetness than they had ever been
thought capable of holding, the first ink-
ling we had of the fact was by seeing in
the morning paper a paragraph like the
following : "We have to again thank Mr.
B. for a fine basket of berries. They are
the finest and largest we have seen this
season." But the most alluring charm of
all that enticed us to desire such glorious"
treatment, was the mystery hidden in
.such a paragraph as this : ' 'We found on
our table this morning a most beautiful
and tasteful bouquet. Whose fair hands
left it there we cannot conjecture, but
whosever they are they have our warmest
thanks, and the only favor we can ask the
angelic visitant to confer upon us, is to
call when we are in." Oh, if we could
only have some fair hand leave .something
for us, we should be very happy. We
could never imagine what became of all
the fruit exhibited at Horticultural So-
ciety meetings, until we discovered what
a favored class editors are. To whom
were the mythical and to us unknown
secrets of the theatre open, when to every
one else they were with unbroken fast-
ness forever (it seemed) closed ? But
these illusions have all vanished ; whether
our non-realization of our young fancies is
owing to our not having a table on which
to deposit these luxuries, or that they
have been only illusions, it is hard for us
to determine. We are inclined to think,
however, that we have not been treated
axactly right. We have been disap-
pointed. Was it unnatural for us to ex-
pect that whenever a larger loaf than
common was served out to have a nibble
at it ? Yet not a taste have we had. Was
it wicked to expect to have a taste of mo-

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381

lasses whenever a fresh qiiantit}- arrived ?
We have been obliged to eat our bread
dry. Was it ravenous on our part to feel
disappointed every day as night drew
nigh, at not being the recipient of some
tender piece of meat ! Cattle might have
seized with murrain a }ear ago and every
one of them died, and none l)een im-
ported since, for all the presents of this
description that we have recci\ed. It
nmst be because we have neither editorial
chair, lamp scissors or table. There is
one sober reality an editor here must ex-
perience, — the time for our leave-taking
has arrived. Although circumstances
lia\e rendered our duties rather laborious,

(scarcely an\- one can feel like writing in
such a place as this,) they have not been
unattended with pleasure. Those who
have kindly assisted us in our labor, we
shall cherish tlieir memor_\- with grateful
remembrance. \\\- have endeavored to
lighten the heavy monoton\- of prison-life,
and have in anticipation enjoved the
happy reunions we are to have on the
anniversary day of our release — we hope
the Society will take such steps as will
render this assurance doubly sure — when
we meet together, and drown the remem-
brance of our trials in the delights of
meeting in such altered circumstances.
God speed the dav of our release I
Parish Prison, N. ()., Dec. 13, 1S61.

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Piihlislicd by ilic I'liioii Lyceum at Iran's h Piisoji, A'. (\

EDITED BY EEROV WARKEX

Vol. 1.

DFXEMBER 26, 1851.

No. 5

THE REVOLUTION '76 AND THE
■ REBELLION OF '61

The Confederates are in the habit of
coinparin.L;- their condition at the present
time with that of the Colonies dvirin.g
their strngj^le for independence. They
\vonld fain have the world believe that
they like the patriots of the Revolution,
are a downi-trodden and oppressed people
fighting for their liberties ; that the Fe-
deral government stands in a similar
relation to them that England then did
to her American Colonies ; and hence they
would persviade themselves that their
cause is just, and that success will finalh-
crown their efforts. A little consideration,
however, will show their boasted com-
parison to be fanciful rather than real.
The Colonists were a band of exiles, who,
driven by persecution from their native
land, sought to establish on the shores of
the New World a government which
should guarantee to all its subjects the
greatest personal freedom. The Confed-
erates have inaiigurated civil war with the
avowed object of founding a government
whose chief corner-stone is slaverj-. The
Colonists strove to dissolve their connec-
tion with a government in which they
were denied a representation. The South,
today, are in rebellion against the Fede-
ral government, in which they have held
the balance of power for the last quarter
of a century, simply because the\- can
no longer wield its influence for their own
aggrandizement. The Revolution of '76

was a general uprising of the people when
repeated acts of t^Tanny rendered longer
forbearance impossible, and when all other
means of redress had failed. The Reliel-
lion of '61 is a movement inaugurated by
a few political demagogues for political
power, and in which the people are merely
used as instruments. The patriots of the
Revolution fought for principle ; the rel)els
are fighting for power. The former
fought for posterity ; the latter are fighting
for themselves. The war of the Revolu-
tion was a contest against foreign t3-rants;
the present war is a struggle of children
against a too indulgent parent. The
cause of the Colonists enlisted the sympa-
thies of the civilized w'orld, and the
earnest support of the friends of human
rights everywhere; the cause of the rebels
is detested wherever the rights of man are
respected. But it would be useless to
pursue the contrast further. It is evident
that this attempt on the part of our
enemies to justify their course in the resort
of a weak adversary to sustain a l)ad csuse.
Indeed it is decresation of the very name
of patriot to compare the heroes of the
Revolution to their degenerate sons who
are today in rebellion against the govern-
ment for the establishment of which those
nol)le men sacrificed their lives, their
fortunes, their all, and which is acknow-
ledged to lie the best ever instituted
among men. And in spite ' of apparent
success at first, the ultimate failure of this
attempt to weaken the power of this great
Republic wall be as decided as the success

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383

of the Revolution of '76 was glorious.
The tide has already turned against them,
and we nia\- hope soon to hear sounded
the death-knell of the Rebellion of 1861.
Parish Prison, New Orleans, Jan. 1862.

A YEAR AGO AND NOW
[Communicated]

We are informed Ijy the papers that this
is Thanksgiving Day in many of the
States north. What changes have one
year brought forth ! Then, a country out-
wardly united and happy ; although the
fires which for years have been prepared
and fanned by amljitious men were un-
covered, and the smoke, like a little
cloud, began to ascend. Then, families
came together to render thanks to their
beneficent Father for His past mercies,
and to partake of the bounty which His
ever provident hand had provided. Now,
a country and a people plunged into civil
war, a country that for }ears had quietly
reposed in peace, now rudely disturbed by
the worst of man's passions. Now, famil}-
ties and relationships cut asunder and set
adrift, to meet again only in anger and in
a conflict which shall end in death. How
many empty chairs will be placed around
the tables where once the hopes and pride
of the family were seated ? Man}- a fond
mother will lament the loss of an onlv
boy. Fathers will less passionately
mourn the earlv death of those whom with
pride they have watched growing into

honorable men, and have taught the
lessons of true patriotism. Sisters will
weep for brothers who never more can
protect, encourage, aid, and love them.
Brothers will miss their companions, their
shadows as it were ; they will regret the
quarrels with those forever gone, will
listen to the recital of their gallant deaths,
and long to emulate them. But who will
paint the grief of another, not a sister,
not a brother, whose future was so wrapt
up in him she loved, that she will not be
comforted, and only longs to join him in
eternit}' ! luiough of this sad picture.

Should we celebrate this day? Have
we enough cause to have a day of rejoic-
ing? Can we make a glorious, rollicking
dav of it ? The usual adjuncts are want-
ing, but not the need of thanksgiving.
No plump, fat turkey graced our board
today. No pumpkin, mince and apple
pies were there ; the smiling faces of those
we loved we missed, and the joyful, merry
evening party will not be enjoyed ; yet
notwithstanding all these drawbacks we
can be happy in the consciousness of en-
during all these trials and adversities for
the country and those we love. L^et the
fervent prayer of each one of us be, that
on the next Thanksgiving Day we may
see peace and all its blessings re-estab-
lished, ourselves re-united to our friends,
and this glorious Republic steadily 'pro-
gressing in Christian liberty.

Parish Prison, Nov. 21, 1861.

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MANASSAS
By J. A., 12th Ohio Regiment

Since the day of the battle, when cannon did rattle
Our beds have been made on the hard prison-floor ;

But we hope that our friend, "Uncle Abe," will soon send
McClellan or Butler to open the door.

We have patiently borne the contumely and scorn,

The insults and jeers, of a rascally crew.
But we'll teach them a trick that will make them full sick,

And the act of Secession they will bitterly rue.

^^^len the traitors shall hear such a thundering cheer,
As the Flag of the Union we'll fling to the breeze,

Then will Davis be routed and Beauregard scouted.
And treason be vanished far over the seas.

What's the use of our sighing or foolishlv crying,
'Tis patience alone that can alter our case ;

I^et us hope for the best, trust God for the rest,

Sing a song, and then bravely stare Fate in the face.

Though Fate went against us and sorely oppressed us.
By leaving us here in the prison to lie.

We can laugh at our foes, and turn up our nose,
While their stars and their bars we scorn and defy.

Although the}^ board us, they barely afford us.

As much meat as a butcher would throw to a dog.

But provisions are dear, and their "plaster" I hear.
And not worth their weight in potatoes or hog.

When the battle was over they rushed from their cover,
And gallantly charged on the wounded and lame.

And the ambulance car was a trophy of war

That would tinge the dark cheek of a savage with shame.

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They may boast as they please how they captured with ease
The Yankees who fought at Manassas that day,

But they know very well, if the truth they would tell,
That they lost two to one in that bloody affray.

The chivalric heroes, like modern Neros,

Rode bravely on those who were carrying the woundes ;
And their bloodthirsty cheer was revolting to hear.

As the pale, bleeding forms of our comrades we grounded.

By the trembling moonlight, in the silence of night
They rifled the dead of their money and clothes ;

Alas ! that aught human and born of woman.
Should boast of a crime that humanity loathes.

Tobacco Factory, Richmond, xAug. 1861..

MlNUTE-M^N^Or ^\

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THE STARS AND STRIPES

/'/tb/is/icd bv llic l/uiou Lyiriiiii al Ihifhli Prison, X. (h

EDITED BV EEROV WARREN

Vol.1. JAXUARY 2, 1.S62. No. 6

FRAGMENT
By J. W. D.

'Twas midnight, and .save the tread

Of unneeded sentinel, qniet as of the dead

Reigned. An angel, clothed in robes of mist,

Looked in upon the slumbering forms, and kissed

The brows of those whose thought in sleep

Reverted to the ones (whom may God's presence keep

From danger or distreSvs) thej'-'d left behind.

With symi)athetic touch she loosed the mind

Of each ; then gathering with nervous hand

Her train, she passed o'er all the land,

And with a calm delight bent o'er

The forms of those, the minds she bore

Had thought on. Then in her mystic veil she folded

Them, and each thought was in them all remoulded.

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MY FIRST WKRK OF CAPTIVITY

Tilt* battle of Cross Lanes (Western \'ir-
ginia,) occurred on Monday, Au.ijust 26,
1861. Before Tuesday night about eighty
of the .Seventh Ohio Regiment found
thenistrlves in Flo\d's camp, in a rail-pen,
surrounded by a line of hostile bayonets.
To attempt a description of our feelings
would be useless. \'ou who have lieen
through similar experiences will under-
stand them. We were in the hands of
our enemies — separated from the .regi-
ment of which we had been so proud, and
^vhich was now broken and scattered to
the 'winds. \\'e knew not how many of
our. messmates and comrades in arms were
dead, or wounded and perishing in the
woods. We knew that months of impri-
sonment were before us, and that it must
be man\' weeks before the dear ones at
home could know of our fate. Happily,
what we had undergone had so blunted
and Ijenumbed our feelings that we were
unable to realize the full extent of our
calamity ; and we had so miich to do and
to bear in the present, that we had no
time for repining or to speculate aliout the
future. We were to go to Richmond,
and we had a march of a hundred miles to
reach the railroad (the Virginia Central)
at Jacksonville.

We set forward Wednesday afternoon at
three o'clock. I remember it, because it
was Commencement Day at oi:r college,
and I was to have graduated that day.
We came to Gauley River, went over by
ferrv, and marched up the hill on the
other side, where we found a small body
of troops encamped. W'e were put into
another rail-pen, like the previous one in
Flood's camp. There were not so many
hundreds of eyes to stare at us, but we
had no blankets, only a handful of straw
to sleep on, and nothing to protect us
from the incessant rain. We were soon
wet to the skin, and passed a miserable
and sleepless night, ^\'e got nothing to
eat that day till midnight. Rations of
flour and beef were given us, but we had
■only three small "skillets" to cook supper
for eighty men. We were told that, b\-
mistake, cooking utensils for the yuards

onlj- had been put in the wagon which
came with us, but the guards would gen-
eioasly divide with us.

In the morning it was still raining.
We got for breakfast some raw beef and
dough partially heated. Our l-IIows were
drawn behind us ami tied together with
rope, and we were ready. We travelled
all day, through mud and rain, without
dinner, and no supper till midnight. We
were put into a large barn for the night,
where we made ourselves comfortalle in
the hav. The next day the sun shone,
but the roads were still very bad. The
officers who were with us — a captain and
lieutenant — having" given their parole not
to escape, were not obliged to wear ropes,
or to march in the ranks. They went for-
w-ard early to reach our stopping place
before night, to make a fire and borrow
some kettles, that we might cook our
suppers earlier. Notwithstanding these
precautions, it was near midnight before
we got anything to eat. Many were so
exhausted and sleepy that they did not
wake at all to partake of the delicate
viands. There was the more for the
others.

The next day we saw some very fine
scenery, catching now and then, as we
rose upon the hills, a view of some distant
peak of the AUeghanies. In the after-
noon we passed through Lewisljurg — the
finest place we had seen since coming into
Western Virginia. Here, as at other
places, the people flocked out to see us.
A "Yankee" seemed to be as much an
object of curiosity to them as a live hippo-
potamus would have been. They stared
at us civilly for the mo.st part, only the
small boys shouted "Yankee," and
"Yankee Doodle." A large company
followed us out of town, as far as the first
mile board. The Virginians commonly
called us Yankees — usually with the
epithet "damned" prefixed. Sometimes
where the fame of our regiment had gone
before us, we were .saluted as the Ohio
pets. The next morning, Sunday, Sept.
1, we passed through the famous water-
ing place — White Sulphur Springs. A
Georgia regiment was stationed there ; the
soldiers followed us from the time we

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entered the grounrls till we got out of
town — hallooing and shouting, and offer-
ing various prices for a Yankee scalp.
These gentlemen prevented my enjoying
the sights of this picturesque little place
as much as I might otherwise have done.
One of the guards brought me a drink of
the water. The place seemed nearly de-
serted of all other inhalntants except
soldiers. Towards noon we crossed the
highest ridge of the .Alleghanies over
which the turnpike passes. We .saw-
some very fine scenery. From some of
these peaks the view of the hills opposite
was trul}- grand. From still higher
points we could see landscapes of hills
stretching fifty miles awa}', and l)ounded
b}' higher hills whose Ijlue tops met and
mingled with clouds. Then there were
views of culti\-ated hill-sides, and far-
reaching valleys, farm, woodland and
stream, — .spread out like a map before and
below us. These beauties of nature made
me forget for the time that I was a weary,
foot-sore, and hungr}- prisoner of war,
with hemp cord on ni}- arms.

The next morning we got an early .start,
passed through Covington, and arri\-ed at
Jacksonville vStation — the end of our
journey — before two o'clock in the after-
noon. We had marched over one hun-
dred miles in four da\s and a half; — we
were all glad to have it over, and that we
were to ride Ihe rest of the wa}- to Rich-
mond. Ouite a body of troops were sta-
tioned at Jacksonville. The soldiers
treated us civilly, — of course, the\- fol-
lowed us and stared at us, but we had b:-
come pretty well used to this. While we
were waiting for the cars, and resting our-
selves in the shade of the depot, quite a
crowd gathered round and began talking
with us. They asked civil questions, and
occasionally attempted to joke us a little
on our position as prisoners. We replied
to their jokes in as merry a strain as we
could under the circumstances. (.)ne
little old man in the crowd piped out what
he con.sidered a home thrust — "I reckon
you ones want to see your mammies
about this time." One of our bovs re-
plied, ''Well, as for that, most of us have
been weaned some time." Here an of-

ficer, — a major of a Georgia regiment,
who had been a spectator some time, —
with thumbs in the armholes of his waist-
coat, stepped up, and witli a genuine
slave-driving flourish and manner, struck
in, addressing himself to the last speaker
— ''You're a prisoner and a Yankee; I
want yon to understand that. We've had
enough of your damned insolence. .Shut
up, and behave as a prisoner should, or
I'll rope you. I have the authority, and
I'll do it." Roping is a Southern s_\-no-
nym for hanging. I ventured not very
meekh', to inquire "how' a prisoner ought
to behave." I was assured if he had to
teach me, it would not be at all to my
liking. He continued his bluster fc_)r
some minutes, and then went away to
([uarrel with our captain — affirming he
hail violated his parole. The captain,
however, explained matters to his satis-
faction.

I trust this fellow's insolence grew out
of his having taken too much brand}-.
( )ur guards, who treated us with uniform
kindness, made this apolog}- for him.

We soon took the cars. We reached
Staunton that day — seventy miles distance.
Here we were quartered for the night in
comfortable barracks, and provided with
better food than w-e had tasted since our
captivity. The next da\- we passed
through a varietj- of interesting scenerj- — -
now among the hills and then in a broad
level country like the lake region of
( )hio, only not as well cultivated or pro-
ductive. We reached Richmond about
sunset, and after waiting an hour and a
half, subjected to the usual complimentary
attentions of the crowd, marched to our
place of confinement. — .Atkinson's Tobacco
Factory .

IWTRIOTISINI
Bv K. W. M.

In reading ancient history, nothing
strikes us more forcibly than the ardent
love of country manifested b\- the masses
of the people. This w-as a (Hstinguishing
characteristic of the Romans during the
period of Rome's prosperity, and to this
self-sacrificing patriotism of her sons,
more than to an\- other cause, was due her

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proud position among the nations of anti-
quity, — lasting fame. Indeed this is the
-onlv sure foundation of national prosper-
ity. Without it no nation or people can
make nmch progress in national power
and civilization. Especialh- is this true of
a governnif nt like ours, where the will of
the people is the supreme law of the land,
■and where every man i.? free to express
his own opinion. Seldom has the pa-
triotism of a people been put to a severer
test than was that of the people of the
United States at the opening of the pres-
ent war. And nothing could do more to
inspire with hope the lovers of free insti-
tutions throughout the world, and at the
same time afford a better guarantee of the
future prosperity of this nation, than the
promptness with which the people re-
sponded to the call for volunteers in the
service of their country. The first blast
of the war-trumpet was sufficient to
arouse, in the hearts of a peaceful people,
that latent patriotism, which had lain so
long dormant, that it had begun to l)e
doubted whether it really had an exis-
tence in these latter times.

History fails to furni.sh a more striking
example of self-sacrificing devotion to
country than is exhibited in tlie readiness
with which more than half a million of
lo\al citizens, of all classes and condi-
tions, have forsaken their homes and the
pursuits of peace to defend the national
flag and to preserve the government.
And never was there a time when so much
depended upon the patriotism of a people,
or when their action would have a greater
iniluence on tlie destinies of the w-orld.

The decision of this contest will decide to
a great extent the fate of Republican in-
stitutions for generations to come. In
this light is the present struggle regarded
by the civilized world, and it is not strange
that the progre.ss of events is watched
with intense interest l)y foreign nations,
I{very loyal citizen now has an oppor-
tunity to aid in determining the position
whicii the future historian shall assign to
this nation in the annals of the world.
.Surt-ly it is a privilege to live in such
times as these, and if we faithfully dis-
charge the duty imposed upon us, we may
in after-times refer with honest pride to
the part we played in this great crist-s in
our nation's histor\-.

Died in the hospital, Decemlier 30, of
typhoid fever, C. W. \\'ing, of the
Twenty-Sixth New York Regiment, after
an illness of ten w'eeks. Also died. New
Year's Kve, G. W. Beard, of typhoid
fever, after an illness of five days.

Christmas Day was celebrated by a
parade of "Fantastiques," under the aus-
pices of Cell No. 4, second floor. In the
afternoon the "Star Spangled Banner"
and all the national airs were sung in the
yard with fine effect. We are glad to see
that patriotism is not on the wane among
us.

NOTICES

The usual Prayer-Meeting will be held
Sunday morning at 9 o'clock, in Cell No.
4. Bible-Class in No. 8 at 1 o'clock, p.m.
Also a Prayer-Meeting at 2 o'clock, Wed-
nesday afternoon in Cell No. 2. All are
cordiallv invited to attend.

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THE STARS AND STRIPES

Piib/is/icd bv ihc rjiioii Lvccinii a I Pa lis h Prison, iV. O.

EDITKH BV WIIJJAM C. KATES

Vol.

JANUARY, 1862.

No. 1.

In conunenceiiig this second volume of
our weekly journal we cordially thank
those contributors who have lightened the
editorial duties in past weeks by their
contributions, and it is very desirable thej-
shall continue to furnish us with the
ripest fruits of their genius. We have so
far steadily adhered to the polic}- adopted
bv the founders of this journal, of .giving
no compensation even to the best talent,
fully persuaded that "genius is its own
reward," and that in the consciousness
of duty well performed there is enough to
incite all activity.

The scarcity of paper throughout this
bogus Confederacy has hitherto prevented
our enlargeing this journal, and we know
has deprived us of many valuable contribu-
tions ; but let us go on conquering all
obstacles, let us lighten the gloom of
prison life, and let us do all we can to
keep in remembrance the National Stars
and Stripes, which we fondly hope will
soon wave over this degenerate city.

Prison Balcony

January 1862
Mr. Kditor: — Without desiring to preach
a sermon or to write a lecture, I desire to
say a few plain words to ni}' fellow-soldiers
upon the very common vices of vulgarity
and profanity. Twin demons they seem
to me, sent by the Evil One to intercept

the messages which Purity and P'aith
would gladly send to cheer our hearts.

It seems to me these habits have grown
upon us very much since leavitpg home.
I believe, unless we improve in these
respects before joining our friends, they
will be sadly shocked at the impurity of
our daily conversation, and they will see
the dreaded consequences their fears fore-
boded from our absence from society. In
man}' of our cells the last words you will
hear at night, and the first in the morning,
will be either vulgar or profane. Anj- one
so disposed ma}' test this unwelcome truth
for himself ; and it is a lamentable fact,
he will find a large proportion of our cell-
talk is made up of about equal mixture of
vulgarity and profanity. It unfortunately
happens the loudest talkers are most
addicted to these vices, thus forcing the
attention of unwilling ears.

It seems almost an insult to our man-
hood to present arguments to show that
vulgarity is mean, debasing, and contemp-
tible. To hear some talk, at times, j'ou
would suppose their brains perfect sinks
of corruption ; their conversation would
banish them from decent society at home,
and secure for them the contempt of
decent men everywhere. I can but think
my fellow-soldiers need but to be reminded
of this filthy habit to break from il. You
know it is not manly. Those friends

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whose good opinions you value most,
would earnestly urge you to purify- your
conversation, why not do it before they
know how low you have fallen ?

And of profanit)' the same can be said,
with the addition that it is wicked as well
as useless and corrupting. There is not a
man but would be more manly without
these pitiful imperfections. Imagine that
you heard, instead of God or Christ, the
names of your mother or sister, or some
dearer friend, appealed to on every trifling
occasion. You shudder at the thought.
You would rise in holv indignation, and
banish such profanation from your midst.
You all recognize these evils, why can we
not get rid of them? Let us at least make
an effort, in the name of common sense
and common decenc\\ Let us at least
make our conversation fit for the ears of
our brothers and friends around us, if not
for our mothers and sisters.

If we coiild only go out from these walls
better men than we entered, even in these
two respects only, these grim walls would
\)e surrounded b}' a holo of glory, and the
benedictions of angels would follow us.
Wouiu that these few simple words might
lead us to purify our speech: —
"Blessed are the pure in heart."
"Out of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh."

Very truly

In Earnest.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Thtre seems little reason to doubt that our
troops have just captured sixteen hundred
rebels in Kentucky.

A systematic exchange of prisoners has
certainly commenced, but is probably
working slowly as yet.

We have been disappointed in not
receiving a special dispatch from the com-
mander of the United States forces at Ship
Island and Lake Pontchartrain ; but we
suppose he does not wish his future move-
ments published in this quarter.

Prince Albert is dead. When he died
we don't know ; but the British residents
of Norfolk held a meeting of condolence
December 30th.

A dispatch from Centreville to Rich-
mond savs Mason and Slidell have certainly
been released. Private dispatches from
Mobile to Richmond, December 30th, say
' 'twenty-two Federal vessels are landing
troops at Ship Island" a scouting party
probably.

Prince Alfred left Nassau, N. P., Dec.
6th. General Scott has arrived in New
York. General McClellan has been
seriously unwell.

It was the intention of the editor to have
devoted one sheet to the special depart-
ment of "Guard Reports," but they are
altogether too numerous. By one we hear
"the troops here have only one cartridge
each." "One regiment has lain down
their arms," and again, "our troops
could have the citj- by the asking," etc.,
all of which is true, of course. We expect
next, some good-natured sentry will in-
vite us to walk out and take a boat for
Cairo.

Another fleet left Boston for Southern
waters, January 2d.

We are pleased to state that General
Palfrey, on being asked to furnish us with
a clergyman on Sunda}-, said he would.

ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS

Owing to the sudden illness of our
joking contributor our columns are barren
today. We hope better things next week.

We have again to thank our hospital
steward for savory dish of salad (?) — raw
potatoes and cabbage ! !

The stock of oranges having failed,
there will be less demand for molasses,
and fewer cases for doctor's call.

The occupants of cell No. 2, second
floor, are said to be very penitent since
their penance of Saturday last. Bone
working continues their chief solace.

Early vegetables continue to be brought
in, chiefly cabbages. Peas and strawber-
ries are expected — in a horn !

The change of diet foretold by the doc-
tor, has come and gone, in a single meal.
We should like, not only a change of diet,
but a change of living, in toto.

We notice a growing disposition among
the prisoners to break out, particularly in
the pants !

We greeted this morning our old ac-
quaintance "Tea-ho," not with pleasure,
though, for herbs never did agree with
our stomach ; give us the cereals, sav we.
"Our cry is still for" rye cofTee.

A small squad of caged Yankees may be
found on free exhibition at No. 4, third
floor.

Wanted — A trustworthy messenger to
convey to the Federal troops on Ship
Island the fact that there isn't powder
enough in the city to kill a chicken. (Vide
Guard Report. )

A Prayer-Meeting will be held in Cell
No. 2, Friday, p.m., at 2 o'clock, also in
Cell No. 4, Sunday morning at 9 o'clock.
A Bible-Classs is held each Sundav at 1,
p. m., in No. S, second floor. All are
cordiallv invited to attend.

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BATTLE HYMiM OFTHE REPUBLIC

OUR COUNTRY'S FLAG

BY JULIA WARD HOWE

Mine ej'es have seen the glory of the com-
ing of the Lord;

He is tramphng- out the vintage where the
g'rapes of wratli are stored;

He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His
terrible swift sword,

His truth is marching on.

Chorus:

Glory! glory! hallelujah!

His truth is marching on.

I have read a flery gospel, writ in bur-
nished rows of steel;
"As ye dealt with my contemners, so with

you my grace shall deal;
X.et the hero, born of woman, crush the
serpent wnth his heel.

Since God is marching on."
Chorus:

(Since God is marching on.")

He has sounded forth the trumpet that

shall never call retreat;
~He is sifting out the hearts of men before

His judgment seat;
■Oh, be swifi my soul, to answer Him! be
jubilant my feet!

Our God is marching on.
Chorus:

(Our God i.s marching on.)

In the beauty of the lilies, Christ was born
across the sea,

"With a giory in his bosom that trans-
figured you and me;

As He died to make men holy, let us die to
make men free,

■Chorus:

While God Is marching on.

I have seen Him in the watchflres of a hun-
dred circling camps;
They have builded Him an altar in the

evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous -sentence by the
dim and flaring lamps.
His day is marching on.
(His day is marching on.)

Rev. Edward A. Rand

\Chorus:

(Wlaile God is marching on.)

Run up the flag on high,
Its stars shall light the sky !

'Beneath it stand !
Let all its folds of light
Proclaim from morn till night
This is the Flag of Right

And fatherland.

From shore to mountain-crag
Let all salute the flag

That makes men free.
Oh, may it ever wave
Above the true and brave,
A land without a slave

From sea to sea.

Our country, ever one
As long as shines the sun.

One flag we love ;
A flag the furnace tried,
A flag for which men died,
Tlie Stars and Stripes our pride

Praise God above !

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Vol 1.

Published by the U)iion Lyceum at Parish Prisou, X. ().

EDITED BVJ. W. DICKIXS

DECEMBER 19, 1861.

No. 4

We came very nearly disappointing our
readers this week by failing to give them
the paper ; and the reason would have
been found in the rumors that have been
circulated that this week was to witness
our departure for the North sure. But
v.e remembered that a prominent advo-
cate of Llillerism in our native State, is
said to have employed workmen in the
midst of that now defunct excitement, in
building good, substantial stone wall,
calculated to last, at least, half a century
beyond the prophesied time of the world's
destruction. -With some such commend-
able foresight we have not failed to urge
upon contributors to send in their effu-
sions as usual, — with what success will be
seen.

RANDOM TALK ABOUT GOING HOME

By KeleCTS

[Communicated]

Letters received from the North Ijcfore
Christmas contained intimations of a
speedy release for us and a return to our
homes. We were told that exchange of
prisoners v>as going on as rapidly as cir-
cumstances would permit. But our hope
was deferred. We were not alone in our
disappointment. There were thousands
of disappointed fathers and mothers,
brothers and sisters, wives and sweet-
hearts in the far-off North, who every day
expected us, and waited with outstretched
arms to receive us. But now the prospect
brightens again, and there can scarcely be
a doubt that our dav of release draws near.

Humanly speaking, we can hardly be
disappointed this time.

As the time draws near when we are to
go, confinement becomes every day more
irksome. There is no such thing as
getting used to imprisonment. At times,
too, there comes over me a very painful
sense of the uncertainty of human affairs.
Though I believe the day of release draws
near, it seems almost as though I should
never live to see it. After the terrible ex-
periences of the last few months, it se^ms
too happy a lot for me that I should be
permitted forest nn- weary spirit at home,
happy in the love of father, mother,
brother and sister, and one who is dearer
than any of these, — it seems too good to
be true.

It is a fact in mental philosophy, often
recognized, that, after davs of darkness
and despair, the mind does not at once
and easih- reconcile itself to the return of
a better state of things. In "Life and
Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit," after
Martin and Mark have been through
famine and fever in their western
"Eden," and looked death in the face for
months together, — we are told that when
at length they are about to be delivered, —
when the steamer passes up the river,
which is to return in three weeks and
carr}- them homeward, neither Martin nor
Mark can believe that he shall live till the
end of the three weeks. It seems to each
that he wdll die before the glad da}- comes.
Had there not been this unbelief, their
joy would, perhaps, have been too great.
A kind Providence has so formed us that
extreme joy or sorrow is generally tern- '

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pered with some admixture of the oppo-
site emotion. Life, though a tragedy, as
soaiebody has said, has, like most of
Shakespeare's tragedies, a mixture of
comedy too. Moore has a couplet which
aptly expresses this thought : —

"Our earth as it rolls through the regions
of space,
Has always two faces — one dark and
one sunny,
And poor huhian life runs the same sort of
race,
Being sad on one side and t'other side
funny. "

For some time, fellow-prisoners, we
have laeen mostly in the shadow, but we
trust there is to be a revolution, — that we
are 'to have sunshine, scarcely dimmed by
a cloud, — may God speed the day !
Meanwhile let us exhibit a proper degree
of patience and manly courage. Let us
so demean ourselves that we may bring no
reproach upon ourselves or the country
which we represent. Let us liy no word
or act of ours indicate that we have the
least svmpathy for rebels and traitors, or
that we have lost confidence in the gov-
ernment of the United States in the
slightest degree. Then may we go home
proud of our imprisonment and of the
sufferings which we have endured for our
country's sake. Our friends will be
proud to welcome us ; and when we stand
once more under the glorious Stars and
Stripes, no shame shall mingle with our
patriotic pride and joy.

GREAT INVENTION

We were shown the other day a new in-
vention, which is destined to work an en-
tire change in the annals of literature.
It turns out poetry at the rate of sixty
lines per minute. We are proud to be
able to present to our readers the first
product of this wonderful machine :

On Saturday last,

In the week just gone past.

We thought our fate cast

By the arrival of Lieutenant Todd.

The General took him
Up the yard to look in,
And witness the cookin'
Of Joe Mullaly.

The Lieutenant smiled
And thought Joe was wild
To give soup so mild
To prisoners of war.

But his smile was much greater
When he saw the sliced potater
Which Ely passed, pro rata,

One spoonful to each case of
scurvv.

And his smile waxed nmch broader
When the next thing in order,
The rest of the fodder.

Was handed out — raw cabbage.

Then, coming up higher.

The boys thought him a buyer.

And called us a liar

When we said 'twas old Todd.

He was looking at rings,
And other bone things,
When Jack Berry brings

A pair of his famous sleeve-
buttons.

Having no more change.
He got out of range
Of noises so strange

Made by the bone-sellers.

Being fresh from the city,
He thought it quite witty
To say 'twas a pity

That we are so shabby ; but we^
didn't see it.

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10
We cannot complain,
If the reason he came
Was simply to blame

Those who have charge of us —
that we don't get more to eat,
and a better place to sleep in.

11
But the boys were all bent
That he came with the- intent
Of having us sent

To the North immediately, via
Norfolk and Fort Monroe, and
would give us the clothes which
ever}- one knows had been sent
to our foes by our Government
at Washington.

(It may be observed this last line rather
injures the measure of the last stanza.
This was owing to the inexperience of the
operators, who were unable to stop the
machine at the right time. This will be
remedied in future.

The week just passed is perhaps the
one to be longest remembered by the
prisoners of war in New ( )rleans, unless it
be the week which shall witness our de-
parture. The government has sent to us
a full supply of clothing, with its usual
liberality. The supply sent is abundant ;
every man is now comfortably clothed,
either for remaining here or for going
home. Of the distribution of the clothing
we have less reason to complain than we
expected. Instead of a few dozen shirts
finding their way to the backs of Confed-
erate soldiers and other criminals, it is
perhaps surprising that whole cases of
coats or pants were not lost (?) on the
way from Norfolk to New f)rleans.
General Palfrey, we say, has done his
duty ; the clothing was given out im-
partially and expeditiously, with as much
care as would have been used in our own
arm}-. We suppose our fellow soldiers in
Tuscaloosa have been similarly provided
for.

There is one thing in this connection we
have to say : We have reason to believe
a deep-laid plot exists on the part of the
officers near us, aided by the captain of

this prison, to in<luce the men to sell their
clothing at a small part of its real value.
They wish to clothe whole companies in
the good, substantial clothing of Uncle
Sam. To accomplish this, the criminals
are authorized to buy what they can ; and
the goiards are put up to trade for shoes,
shirts, or anything they can barter for.
They openly boast that in a month's time
they will have uniforms enough for an
entire company. Soldiers of the Army !
this must not be. The idea is an insult to
your honor. See to it that you prove
yourselves above such cupidity. We
know you need onl\- to be warned in
time, to be saved from such shame. For
the honor of our countr\', go out of
this prison well clothed in the most
honorable garments you can wear — those
of the United States soldier.

Parish Prison, N. ()., Jan. 1862.

A meeting was held in the yard this
morning, Jan. 18, to consider the ex-
pediency of adopting some measures to
prevent the selling of clothing to the
enemy. Mr. Bates of Massachusetts
called the meeting to order, and, on
motion, Mr. Stiles, of Ohio, was chosen
chairman. The meeting was then ad-
dressed by Mr. Bates of Massachusetts ;
Mr. Dickens of New York ; Mr. Hendrick-
son, of Maine; and Sergeant Bohm, of
Ohio, in able and patriotic speeches. A
committee of five was appointed to report
to our government any cases of the dis-
posing of clothing to the enemy. The
committee consists of Wheeler of IMassa-
chusetts ; Hendrickson of Maine ; Bohm
of Ohio ; Edmiston of Pennsylvania ; and
Dickson of New York. The meeting ad-
journed sine die.

NEWS OF THE WEEK

The long-promised clothing has at
length arrived. It seems the blankets
were not directed to suit the rebels, and
were returned to Fortress Monroe. The
partnership of pride and poverty has
another illustration ; and so too many the
proverb "Pride goeth before destruction,
and a haughty spirit before a fall ! ' '

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Captain Mclvor, our gallant fellow
of the 69th, recently dated a letter "Head-
quarters advanced picket-guard of the
Union Army. "

General Bnrnside has just sailed from
Fort Monroe with an expedition for South-
ern waters.

The Federal troops, on the 6th inst.,
captured, near Romney, Va., two cannon,
baggage - wagons, and prisoners, how
many the rebels don't sa}-.

The Senate has resolved in favor of ex-
changeing the privateers taken from the
Jeff Davis.

Baker, of Oregon, one of the foremost
men in the United State? Senate, is dead.

Congressman Ely was warmly welcomed
on his arrival in New York. He addres-
sed the crowd from the steps of the hotel.

Two hundred and sixty wounded soldiers
left Richmond on Sunda}' last for Fort
Monroe.

The charges against Colonel Kerrigan
have been proved.

Extracts from Northern papers say the
release of . Hatteras prisoners has met
with such success, by the return of a
similar number that another lot will lie,
sent South soon. God g-rant it.

The petition to the genearl government
to release us by exchange met with such
opposition, it will probal)ly not he sent.
This is well ; it shows we have full confi-
dence in our government, and that we
will bide its time though we die exiles.
The petition, as originally drafted, con-
tained a clause referring to the peti-
tioners as ' 'anxious to be again in active
service." This was omitted by General
Palfrey. Without this clause no signers
could l)e obtained.

AUNT COUUMBIA'S TAI^K TO THE
^'RISONERS OF WAR

"Well, boys, your good-natured old
Uncle Sam has remembered j-our naked-
ness, and has sent you some new clothes.
He kne"- jour captors were so con-
foundedly poor they couldn't afford to
give you all even a hickory shirt, nuich
less a whole suit.

"Now Uncle Sam has come down, like
the honorable old fellow we have alwavs
thought him to be. He, no doubt, meant
you should get these things by New
Year's Day ; biit they have come all right
at last. There are one or two things I
want to mention, now we are on the
subject, and I hope you will take it all in
good part.

"You know, in the first place, that
Uncle Sam is a proud old fellow, and he
expects you to keep these new fixins nice
and clean, so that when you go home you
may show the rebels, all along the road,
that you are to work for a party that's got
the 'rocks,' and that don't forget you
when \cu are out of sight. You want to
wear your clothes now ? Of course, you
do. and he wants you to. Put them right
on, and make yourselves comfortable ;
j'ou've suffered enough already; \mi if
you do the l)est \'OU can to keep them clean
and nice }ou wont stay here long enougli
to s]Joil 'em.

"But there is something else, more im-
portant than this, I want to say. ^'ou
know Uncle Sam has caught some of those
wicked privateers, and he wants to hang
"em ; but so as to make sure of getting
}Ou all home soon, and the other boys at
Charleston too, he is going to let those
privateers go. Now 3'ou fellows, who
have been grumbling and complaining
that Uncle Sam didn't care anything about
the prisoners, and, worse than that, half
encouraged those traitors in their rebellion
by your fault finding with our government,
don't you feel ashamed of yourselves, now
you see wliat has been done for } oil ?
Well, I won't scold you if you'll behave
better in future. And when 30U go out of
this prison, step off smart, as though 3'ou
were proud of your uniform; and on the
way home show yourselves patriots and
soldiers, and not weak-minded men, flat-
tering the rebels who crowd around the
car windows. Be gentlemanly, though.
And you need'nt curse them, unless they
aggravate you very much. And look out
how you behave after you get home, so
your friends won't be ashamed of you.
if you will remember j-ou are United
States soldiers, you will be all right, and
will have some right to give hearty cheers
when you get under the Star-Spangled
Banner?"

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APPENDIX

OUR REIvEAvSE

May 21, 1862. The following parole of
honor was offered to the Federal prisoners
held at Salisbury, North Carolina: "The
undersigned, prisoners of war to the Con-
federate States of America, do solemnly
swear, that if released, they will not take
up arms against the Confederate vStates
until exchanged ; and that tb'^^y will not
comnumicate in any manner anything
which might injure the cause of the Con-
federate States, which they have heard,
or which may have come to their know-
ledge since tlieif capture. ' '

Two hundred were sent each morning
for seven days — leaving only some hun-
dred commissioned officers of all grades,
including chaplains and surgeons. It
would be impossible to adequately de-
scribe the emotions of those men who
had waited now for nearly a y-ear for this
day of release. They had been, alter-
nately, in hope and despair, through the
sickening months, in various prisons,
both military and criminal. The loath-
some jails of New Orleans and Nashville
had here emptied themselves, as had
also the factories of Richmond and Tus-
caloosa ; many were enfeebled by disease,
all were more or less affected by a long
continuance upon an unhealthy diet. The
previous month had been one of unusual
darkness and gloom ; man\- heretofore
hopeful were losing spirits and strength —
the prelude to the hospital and the grave.
From this gloom, as the release seemed
certain, the transition was magical. Al-
though many breaches of faith by our
captors had rendered us too cautious to
believe their promises at once, we were
full of hope, of joy, of thanksgiving.

The journey from Salisbury to Tarboro',
by rail, and thence by I)oat to our forces
at Washington on the Tar River, — to
call it the happie.st trip of our lives, is
inexpressive and tame ; words fail to ex-
press our emotions. Who of those hun-
dreds of men will ever forget the first
sight of that little town — away across the
meadows, bv the low shores of the wind-
ing river — and the rapturous thoughts that
there, just before us, was libert}-, home,
friend, our flag, — everything dear to us,
everything for which we had waited so
anxiously and prayed so fervently in those
long weary months ? The very trees
seemed waving a welcome to us, while, in
imagination, the shore was crowded with
fathers, mothers, wives and sweethearts,
all with outstretched arms waiting to re-
ceive us ; then came to mind those lines
of Schiller : —

"O ! day thrice lovely I when at length
the soldier

Returns home into life ; when he becomes

A man among his fellow-men.

O happy man, O fortunate ! for whom

The well known door, the faithful arms
are opened, —

The faithful tender arms with mute em-
bracing."

Anrl a little later, as we stepped from
umler the rebel flag which so long had
maddened us by its rebellious folds, to
our own steamer, under our own glorious
Stars and Stripes, for which we had
fought and were ready to die, what
wonder that men were beside themselves
for joy, — that they shouted, danced, wept,
even kissed the miite folds of those loved
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sun shed a halo of glory upon the pleas-
ant town as we dropped down the river,
bidding adieu to the rebels until our next
meeting upon the deadly battlefield.

It is miich to be regretted that we have
no official report of the match games of
baseball played in Salisbury between the
New Orleans and Tuscaloosa boys, result-
ing in the triumph of the latter ; the cells
of the Parish Prison were unfavorable to
the developments of the skill of the ' 'New
Orleans Nine. "

On our last Sabbath in Salisbury, we
were favored with preaching, in the 3'ard,
bj' our old Richmond friend. Rev. Mr.
Eddy, of Connecticut. The circum-
stances, the surroundings, lent an elo-
quence, even unusual, to his always
forcible remarks.

At the risk of giving an enviable ( to
him) notoriety, we must chronicle the
desertion of E. Buchanan, formerly
of Colonel Kerrigan's regiment. A letter
from him, (copies of which are now in the
North,) to Jeff. Davis, not only sufficiently
proves his own treason, but implicates
others now at liberty, whose course at
Munson's Plill, and at the formation of
the regiment, was at least questionable.
E. B., at the time of our leaving, had
been unable to get into the rebel service,
although quartered with them for weeks
previous to our departure.

FEDERAIv SOI^DIERS IN REBEL
PRISONS IN 1861

"Tell me the occupation of a people,
and I will tell you their character," says
the historian in all as^es. Let us throw
this light upon the P'ederal prisoners as
we have known them in the principal
rebel-prisons of the South.

The Richmond papers, in the summer
of 1861, taxed their ingenuity to the ut-
most to devise suitable employment for
the "idle, lazy Yankees, " as they called
us ; they suggested fortifications, tread-
mills, coal-mines, and the scaffold ; but
it was reserved for the Yankees them-
selves to devise their own employments,
and to fix their own compensation. The
first considerable number of prisoners in
rL-l)el hands were taken at Manassas, Bull

Run, and these remained a nucleus
around which were gathered those taken
at Ball's Bluff, Cross Lanes, Falling
Waters, etc.

For the first few weeks after arriving at
Richmond all our energies were devoted
to the culinary and sanitary wants ; the
former being imperfectly supplied, the
latter were the more pressing. At the
same time, individual character began to
manifest itself in various ways; cards oc-
cupied much of the time of many, chess
was learned by a few, several jack-knives
were employed upon peach-stone baskets,
and a class in phonography sprang up in
one corner ; an Algebra and Arithmetic
were procured from the city, and some of
the Oberlin boys were soon too tleeply
immersed in German, French, or Greek,
to mind the gaping wonder of the rebel
visitors. But it was later in our captivity
— in Tuscaloosa, New Orleans, and Salis-
bury — when the occupations become more
varied and continuous ; there we 'settled
down" to make the best of our case. The
bone-working of our men has already be-
come a matter of history. This was taken
up simultaneously at Tuscaloosa and New-
Orleans, and continued to interest and
benefit large numbers of the men during
the whole of their confinement. At first
the material was found in the soup and
meat of the day's rations, but Yankee
enterprise soon discovered that the raw-
material was susceptible of better polish
and intricacy of design ; so the meat,
fresh from the butcher, was stripped of
its osseous framework before passing to
the cook-house. This siipply continued,
though in limited quantities, and was
skillfully wrought into curious devices of
rings, watchchains, crosses, regiment
names, numbers, etc., etc. For tools, a
common knife, with a saw made of a case-
knife ; these, too, were "contraband,"
and carefully concealed at the customary
searches. In itself the bone work was
not a poetical emploj-ment ; but if we con-
sider the effect of such constant employ-
ment of mind and hands of men whose
greatest danger was from introversion of
their thoughts, drawing cheir minds away
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all their sufferings, — if we remember
every grind of the bone upon the stone
pavement, and every cut of the knife, was
grinding away the heartache and cutting
away homesickness, — in this light, this
humble occupation becomes a saviour of
those manly hearts, and man}- a home is
now rejoicing in its returned light, which
but for this might now have mourned the
prisoner of war who died of a broken
heart. Another happy thought was the
organizations of military companies, which
also happened both in New Orleans and
Tuscaloosa. After the arrival of the
government clothing, (the rebels never
gave us a stitch of clothing,) our men,
feeling more like soldiers and less like
prisoners, organized the first Regiment of
Louisiana Volunteers. The company or-
ganizations were complete, and such drill
as the limited space of the yard (80 feet by
30 feet) would allow was daily had. By
this both mind and body were benefitted,
and many an one will be prouder of his
commission in that "advanced guard'' of
the Union army in New Orleans than of
any honors which he may afterwards at-
tain in the national army.

Of the literary pursuits of the prisoners,
the "Stars and Stripes" and the weekly
meetings of the Union Lyceum speak
volumes. The productions may have no
literary merit, but the wonder is not that
so much was done, but that anything was
accomplished under the enervating and
disheartening influence of prison life.

While the religious meetings and classes
can hardh- be considered as "occupa-
tions," yet their influence upon those who
took part in them cannot be overrated.
Though comparatively limited to few, the
spiritual benefit to these was unlimited ;
the Spirit of the Most High was there,
and who will pretend to judge of its ulti-
mate effects upon those immortal souls.
In Salisbury, another great agent for
amusing, interesting, and benefitting the
men was found in the theatricals. Three
of the rooms (containing two hundred and
fifty men each) had each a nicely arranged
stage, with all the paraphernalia of
theatrical acccnipaniment, as side-slips,
curtains and ft olliiuhts. IMachir.i.'-ts. car-

penters and decorators all had their tasks
to do ; while the "corps dramatique"
comprised every degree of talent, from
high tragedy to low comedy. I^antomimes
and songs alternated with Shakespeare
and sterling comedy. None will forget
the powerful impersonations of vShylock,
Richard III, or Othello, or the mirth-pro-
voking representations of O' Callahan and
Morgan Rattler. The "Irish Lion" and
imitations of Forrest were equally inter-
esting. Time would fail to enumerate the
various performances ; the concert in
themselves were an institution not to be
forgotten. We often concluded friends at
home might be sitting down to poorer en-
tertainments than those we were giving
in that rebel prison, a thousand miles
awaj-. B}' such occupations as these did
the prisoners of war beguile the weary,
monotonous hours, cheating themselves
into a few hours of cheer only to be
brought back to despair the deeper. As
we have said, the wonder is not that so
much was done, but that anything was
accomplished where the natural tendency
was to sit down and listlessly wish the
time away. The historian of the present
time will judge of the character of the
prisoners of war by their occupations, and
will find them to have been a thoughtful,
energetic and patriotic body of men, — in
short, a very good epitome of the Federal
army ; intelligent, hartly and faithful ;
forming as it does probably an army of
the highest character the world has ever
seen.

TREATMENT OF PRISONERS BY
THE REBELS

Into this question the personal tempera-
ment of the witness is so sure to enter, it
is difficult to arrive at a satisfactory opin-
ion. While it is one man's nature to re-
member only the insults and jeers to
which he was subjected, the scanty and
distasteful rations and the crowded
quarters, another will see in the same
onl}' necessary inconveniences incident to
the position of a prisoner, and rendered
unavoidable by the povert}- of his captors.
The latter finds many of the officers
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condition if it were possible for them,
while the former meets only curses, and
is continually harassed by domineering
officials. In this confusion of testimony,
it is only possilile to hear from both
parties, and to judge from the facts pre-
sented. The sufferings of the prisoners
are none the less severe because they may
be caused by the inefficiency rather than
the ill-will of the enemy. The Federal
soldier, u_von being captured by the rebels,
finds himself hustled about from guard to
guard, l)ut little attention paid to the de-
mands of hunger or thirst ; perhaps made
to run at double-ciuick for the first half
dozen miles, to prevent his recapture ; un-
necessar}- measures taken which prevent
his comfort, although the object is to pre-
vent his escape. His bed at night is
likeh- enough to be a mud-hole ; and un-
less his blanket was upon his shoulder
when taken, he will be blanketless for
months. This most trying experience
ver}- likely ends in his being driven into
the t:)l ac o factories in Richmond. Here
he finds he is to live with his comrades
in closer proximity than men are called
upon to live in the most crowded cities of
the world. Indeed, the often' described
horrors of the "middle passage" seem
the only comparison to be used, while a
steerage passage upon the packet ship is
comparatively comfortable. In those first
days of capture, before reaching the mili-
tary prison, justice compels me to say
prisoners are very rarely plundered of
their private property, or are threatened
in their lives ; but this is only saying the
rebels are not Indians, and are . half-
civilized rather than barbarous. To re-
sume — of the tobacco factories : the pris-
soner generally finds that most of his
time will be required to keep himself
cleanly. Soap and water are supplied,
though in limited quantities. Having no
change of clothing, he must rest shirtless
while said article is drying in the sun. Of
the rations — in Richmond they generally
consisted of bread, beef and soup — enough
to sustain life and make one constantl}-
wishing for more ; not as imhealthy in
diet during our experience there as we
afterwards found in North Carolina, and

as the case probably is today in Richmond.
No liberty out of doors is allowed, and it
was not a very unusual occurrence for
some over-zealous sentinel to shoot at the
windows upon no provocation whatever,
sometimes wounding, and in two instances
killing a prisoner ; this was unauthorized
by the officials, but we have never known
of a sentinel being reprimanded or re-
moved from duty from such violation of
military decency. These occurrences
were not frequent enough to be considered
dangerous by men who had been where
bullets were flying and shells Inirsting,
but show the wanton spirit of tlie rebels
at that time ; there were indivi<lual in-
stances of official barbarity, sometimes
long continued and vexatious in the ex-
treme, but we cannot say that such was
the rule and not the exception. Therein
no official honor in the Confederacy, but
individual officers were generally court-
eous and gentlemanly. While the gov-
ernment does not hesitate to break its
bargains— hesitates not to keep prisoners
when it cannot adequate!}- support them ;
while the newspapers propose the most
inhuman treatment, coolly urge hanging
and close confinement ; while from the
outward manifestations one would sup-
pose we were confined in Hades, with
howling devils yelling for our l)lood at the
gates — we were really living cool}' enough,
with little to complain of those who had
immediate charge of us, however hard
were the unavoidable sufferings of our
condition. The five hundied prisoners of
war who were removed to New Orleans
and quartered in the Parish Prison under
charge of criminals, siibject entirely to
prison-discipline, remaining from October
1, 1861, to February 1862, will ever charge
upon the "Confederacy" an abandonment
of all the laws of military honor ; yet it
nuist be said that they handed us over
from military to criminal jurisprudence
more on account of its cheapness and the
safety insured by the prison bolts and
bars rather than from any desire to insult
our pride, but it was an indignity not to
be forgiven lay soldiers. In New Orleans
the rations were provided by contract with
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have }'et to learn, are more scrupulous
than our northern vampires ; suffice it to
say, had not a kind Providence opened np
a way b_v which the men could supply
themselves with some extra provision,
there would be many a sail tale of suffer-
ing from the short rations in New
Orleans.

In Salisbury, N. C, is a large military
prison, accommodating nearly two thous-
and prisoners ; here the quarters — since
the men have the liberty of the yard— are
more endurable than at any other point in
Rebeldom : but Nature has adhered to her
system of "compensation," and here the
diet was the most unhealthy and repul-
sive it was our fortune to undergo in any
of the prisons, and such is the testimony
of those whose experience extended to the
prisons in Columbia and Tuscaloosa, giv-
ing us a range of experience throughout
the South. Indeed the privileges of the
\ard were extended only after the most
urgent representations from the ph\-sican
in charge, that more room was absolutely
required for the existence of the men,-—
that they must get out of doors.

We had intended to speak of the hospi-
tal arrangements, the scarcity of medi-
cines, and lack of attention, but space
forbids. It is generally granted that the
evils of this department are such as their
own men are suliject to, and not from
lack of disposition on their part to alle-
viate the sufferings of the sick and wound-
ed. The rebels always claimed to be
treating us honorabU' as prisoners of war ;
and looking back on those darkest months
we have ever known, we are inclined to
believe our greatest privations were neces-
sitated b}- the condition of our captors
rather than cau-,ed b\- their disposition,
but none the more easy to bear on that
account. We trust our fellow-citizens
need not, to induce them to enlist — we
know our brave soldiers need not — be told
that the rebels are less than human ; there
is excitement enough in the thought of
our great countrv endangered, our noble
government assailed, to call to arms
every citizen, to sustain every soldier.

THE CHANGE

Those of us who entered the heart of
the rebellion in the .summer of 1S61, and
left its tender embraces at the opening of
the summer of 1862, could not fail to
notice a marked change in the tone of the
people, as seen in the papers. Although
newspapers were "contraband" and care-
fully excluded, we were seldom without
them, and read them anxiously, not only
for the news, but for the signs of the
times. Throughout the year 1861 they
were buoyant and hopeful ; the pirate
ship of State was sailing finely ; foreign,
nations were sure to succor ; it was only a
question of a few months ; the blockade
was a joke ; privateers were successful ;
everything was going well. But a change
came over the spirit of their dreams.
Fort after fort fell into the hands of the
Federal Government ; foreign powers
showed no signs of aid ; Kentucky and
Tennessee were lost to the rebellion ; the
people were disheartened ; the Conscript-
ion Act was passed ; New Orleans sur-
rendered ; even the papers were despon-
dent ; provisions were enormously dear ;
the Union cause was in a very hopeful,
prosperous condition. Such was the
state of affairs in the South on the first of
June. The change from hope to sullen
despair was too marked to be unnoticed by
the dullest observer. The two thousand
prisoners who were released by the
rebels on parole during the month of May,
returned hopeful — full of faith in the
speedy triumph of the government ; they
had watched the rebellion from the insile
— from behind the scenes ; they had felt
its wicked heart bounding with joy at
Federal defeats, and watched its waver-
ing step and flagging pulse as defeat after
defeat overwhelmed them, — as discontent
at home and disaster abroad weakened,
— till at last, as we left, the giant seemed
in the death throes. A few convulsive
throbs, — a few staggering attempts to
walk, and the giant will fall dead ; t the
foot of a long outraged government. So
seems the contest to those who were
condemned Ijy the fortunes of war to
months of inactivity under that flag, to
destroy which they had sacrificed comfort:
and risked life.

W. C. B.A.TES,
Boston, 1862, kk^^ct

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The Civil War of 1861-65

NUMBER OF MEN IN THE UNION ARMY FURNISHED BY EACH STATf: AND
TERRITORY, FROM APRIL 15, 1861, TO CLOSE OF WAR.

Number of

Aggregate

Number of

Aggregate

States and Territories

Men Fur-
nished

Redvjced to
a 3 years'

states and Territories

Men Fur-
nished

Reduced to
a 3 jears.

Standing

448.850

Standing

Alabama

2,556

1,611

New York

392,270

Arkansas

8,289

7,836

North Carolina

3,156

California

15,725

Ohio

313,180

240,514

Colora<lo

4,903

3,697

Oregon

1,810

1,773

Connecticut

55,864

50,623

Pennsylvania

337,936

265,517

Delaware

12,284

10,322

Rhode Island

23,236

17,866

Florida

1,290

South Carolina

Georgia

Tennessee

31,092

26,394

Illinois

259,092

214,133

Texas

1,965

1,632

Indiana

196,364

153,576

Vermont

33,288

29,068

Iowa

76,242

68,630

Virginia

Kansas

20,149

18,7061

West Virginia

32,068

27,714

Kentucky

75,760

70,832

Wisconsin

91,327

79,260

Louisiana

5,224

4,654'

Dakota

206

Maine

70,107

56,776

District of Columbia

16,534

1,506

Maryland

46,638

41,275

Indian Territory

3,530

Massachusetts

146,70

124,104

Montana

Michigan

87,364

80,111

New Mexico

6,561

4,432

Minnesota

24,020

19,693!

Utah

Mississippi

545

545!

Washington

964

Missouri

109,111

86,530!

U. S. Army

Nebraska

3,157

2,175i

U. S. Volunteers

Nevada

1,080
33,937'

1,080
30 849

U. S. Colored Troops

93,441

91.789

New Hampshire

New Jersey

76,814

57,908;

Total

2,778,304|2,326,168

The number of casualties in the volunteer and regular armies of the United States,
during the war of 1861-65, according to a statement prepared by the Adjutant-General's
office, was as follows : Killed in battle, 67,058 ; died of wounds, 43,012 ; died of disease,
199,720 ; other causes such as accidents, murder, Confederate prisons, etc., 40,154;
total died, 349,944 ; total deserted, 199,105. Numl^er of soldiers in the Confederate ser-
vice who died of wounds or disease, (partial statement) 133,821. Deserted (partial
statement) 104,428. Number of United States troops captured during the war, 212,608 ;
Confederate troops captured, 476,169. Number of United States troops paroled on the
field, ''16, 431 ; Confederate troops paroled on the field, 248,599. Number of United
States troops who died while prisoners, 30,156 ; Confederate troops who died while
prisoners, 30,152.

OFFICIAL RETURNS FROM

WAR DEPARTMENT

UNION ARMY

Numbers and ages of soldiers engaged
in the War of the Rebellion from 1861 to
1865.

Sixteen ^-ears and under, 846,572.

Sixteen to eighteen years 1,151,438.

Eighteen to twenty-one years 2,159,798.

Twenty-two years and over 623,516.

Total 4,781,324.

"WHO DID THE FIGHTING"

Compiled by Dr. B. A. Gould, the re-
nowned statistician.

Per ;ent

Natives

1,523,000

75.48

British Americans

53,500

2.65

English

45,500

2.26

Irish

144,200

7.14

German

177,800

■ 8.76

Other Foreigners

48,400

2.48

Foreigners
Nationality unknown

j- 26,500

1.38

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EXTRACT FROM LIEUTENANT COLONEL

WATSON^S REVIEWS OF THE SIXTH

MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT 1861

ABRAHAM LINCOLN AS SEEN BY LIFELONG DEMOCRAT

AFTER GOING THROUGH BALTIMORE

My slight individual knowledge of
Abraham Lincoln was during his first
term as President, and was comprised in
two interviews at the White House, one
at the request of the officers of my
regiment and the other at Mr. Lincoln's
request, and to a brief correspondence
of which I still retain two of his autograph
letters, all, interviews and itorrespondence
having some connection with each other,
although in dates separated by several
months.

I first saw him on Sunday morning,
April 21st, 1861, near the entrance to the
cabinet chamber in the White House. At
the urgent request of the captains of the
Sixth Regiment, of Massachusetts Volun-
teers, 1 called upon Major (xeneral
Winfield Scott, then commanding the
United States Army. I was unattended.
There is no special importance in the facts
I am about to state unless it l)e remembered
that this Sunday was but six days after the
firing upon Sumter, and two days after the
affair of Baltimore, that Washington and
the whole country was surging under
an excitement almost impossible to de-
scribe, and that I was the representative
of a body of men who had recently been
recently making historw

On the nineteenth of January, 1S61,
upon my motion, the connnanders of its
companies. Colonel Jones presiding, adop-

ted a resolution tendering the services of
the "vSixth" to the President. This first
volunteering so impressed the authorities
that the Sixth was first called by the
President on the sixteenth day of April,
1861; it rallied from thirty cities and towns,
fully armed equipped, and traveled over
500 miles with such alacrity that it reached
Washington in advance of all other organ-
ized and armed forces in the afternoon of
the nineteenth of April, after a conflict in
the streets of Baltimore in which it had
four men killed, thirty-six wounded by
gunshots, and many otherwise injured,
all of its unarmed men being driven back.
It left many dead and wounded rebels
behind it.

Baltimore, with its 200,000 inhabitants,
its prevailing Southern sympathies, and
its notorious "Plug Ugly" element, was
the stragetic key by which the disunionists
proposed to lock the loyal North out of the
nation's Capital until its occupation in
force from Baltimore and the South should
compel the recognition of the Confederacy
as the de-facty Government. A single
regiment, untrained in war, exhibiting the
pluck to break through this cordon of
rebellion, could be hailed only with relief
by the beleaguered (Tovernment and by
that fraction of the residents of Washington
who entertained positive sentiments of
loyaltv to the Union. Colonel Jones has

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testified that the President met the Sixth
at the railroad station and said that if its
arrival had been delayed a single day
Washington would have been in the hands
of the rebels. It will appear later that
tile commanding general of the army
entertained similar sentiment'^. Later on
Congress recorded its tribute in a resolu-
tion tendering its thanks.

"To the Sixth Regiment of Massachu-
setts Volunteers for the alacrity with
which they responded to the call of the
President, and the patriotism and bravery
vvliich they displayed on the nineteenth
of April last in fighting their way through
the City of Baltimore on their march to the
defense of the Federal Capital."

The Sixth took possession of the Capital,
and intrenched itself therein as though
it had come to stay. It had not had a
square meal since it left Philadelphia, the
Thursday night before. Its experience
had sharpened its appetite, for Baltimore
had tendered no refreshments. Either by
accident or liy the design of some traitor-
ous commissary, the presence of the "salt
horse," as the Ijoys familiarly cane<l the
meat which was offered them, could be de-
tected by more of the senses than one,
and was repulsive to all of them, and the
large roiind crackers usually called "hard-
tack," the accompanying delicacy, were so
adamantine from compcsition or antiquity
as to withstand most assaults and, when
conquered, to afford no substenance. They
were soon nicknamed "The regulars,"
from their supposed invincibility. Unless
the veracity of veterans is to be questioned
certain retained specimens of these hard
biscuits, have since the Rebellion served as
wheels to the play carts of two or three
generations of veteran babies. My mission
on that Sunday morning was to induce
General Scott to order a change in this
diet. The situation mitigates the pre-
sumption of such an application' to an
officer of such exalted rank. I found
Creneral Scott attending a meeting of the
President and Cabinet, convened to li.sten
to the demands of the authorities of Mary-
land, including the Mayor of Baltimore,
that no troops should pass over the sacred
.soil of Maryland in reaching Washington,

and I thus accidentally became a partici-
pant in a meeting which has become his-
toric, and of which, so far as I know, I am
now the only survivor. Being summoned
to the open door of the room, General
vScott received my salute and my storj^.
He drew himself up to the most im-
pressive development of his magnificent
proportions, and grandly announced:
"The Sixth Regiment of Ma.ssachusetts,
sir, shall have anything it wants; we
depend upon the vSixth Regiment of
Mas.sachu.setts to .save the Capital of the
country, .sir." All fear of the "guard tent"
for my presumption disappeared.

The (leneral's statement was true, cer-
tainly upon that Sunday, and for four or
five days thereafter, and until General
B. F. Butler, with the Seventh Regiment
of New York and the Eighth Massachu-
setts, arrived in Washington, by way of
Annapolis.

It .seems to be the fact that the President
and the Commanding General placed little
reliance upon the semi-military and semi-
political clubs, adorned with names of
prominent politicians such as "Cassius'
M. Clay Invincibles," "Hannibal Hamlin
Guards," or upon the three or four un-
armed and uncombined companies of
Pennsyhania militia who in postbelluta
times, have published themselves as
' 'First Defenders of the Capital. "

While Creneral Scott was speaking wath
me. President Lincoln came forward, and,
after shaking hands, said he would like
to introduce me to the Mayor of Baltimore
and to learn if I could confiriu the state-
ment he had been making to the effect
that he had per.sonally exerted himself
to protect the Sixth during its passage
through Baltimore, and that he had
marched much of the way through the
City at its head. The Mayor and others
in the meantime, had gathered around and
within hearing of the President's remarks.
I fear my manner was not complimentary
toward the Mayor. I am sure my speech
was not. So recent had been my "bap-
tism of fire" I doubtless bore mj' testimony
with indiscreet zeal. I said, in effect, that
under the circumstances it was unfortunate
for the Mayor of Baltimore, as such, to>

Minute Men of '61

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appeal to me for a certificate of character ;
that we, as citizen soldiers, has endeavored
to pass through Baltimore, not only in a
peaceful and proper manner, but strictly
in obedience to superior order, that in-
sult and assault slioild justify retaliation;
that at the beginning of our passage the
police had threatened nie that n:jt a man
of us would be allowed to go through the
cit\' alive ; and that our graves have already
been dug ; that neither the police, nor
other officials, in any instance to ni}- know-
ledge, had attempted any protection ; that
prior to that moment I had never seen the
Mayor ; that I had been informed by one
of the captains of one of the detachments
that the Mayor did march about one hun-
dred yards beside him, when he left saying
that the position was too hot for hitn. So
far as I was concerned, the interview was
then ended l3y my withdrawing, the
the President having said that the rations
should Ije made satisfactory

Many times since I have recalled the
scene. The Mayor's look of intense dis-
gust, the astonishing dignity of the
Commanding General, and the expression,
half sad, half quizzical on the face of the
President at the evident infelicity of his
introduction. If I did not k-ave that

distinguished presence with my reputation
for integrity unimpaired, the pressure of
Abraham Lincoln's honest hand, as we
parted, deceived me. My mission, at all
events, was successful and the rations
improved.

While Washington remained i ssolated
from the North, the Sixth, by General
Scott's orders, daily marched in the
streets and practiced the .street firing-drill,
while the air was vocal with nnittured
curses ; and more than oni- night the
Regiment slept upon its arms in the
Senate Chamber under order to surround
the "White House at the first alarm, and
defend the president from attack.

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Minute Men of '61

Member of Fifth Regiment on picket duty
near Fairfax Court House.

Minute Men of '61 407

SONG OF THE CAMP EIRE
Hv John L. Parker

Here we are again tonight,
By the camp-fire's cheerful light !
Gallant comrades, every one,
Raise the song of 'vSixty-one.
CHORUS
"Glory, glory, hallelujah !
Glory, glory, hallelujah !
Glory, glory, hallelujah !
As we go marching on."
Through the battle's fire and smoke.
Iron hail and sabre stroke,

Soldiers who were tried and true
Sang the song of 'Sixt\--two.
CHORUS
' 'Marching along, we are marching along ;
Gird on your armor and be marching along ;
The conflict is raging, 'twill be fearful and strong,
Then gird on your armor and be marching along. ' '
From New England's rocky coast
Sprang her sons to join the host.
And from mountain to the sea.
Swelled the song of 'Sixty-three.

CHORUS

"The Union forever, hurrah boys, hurrah,
Down with the traitor and up with the star !
Yes, w-e'll rally round the flag, boys.

Rally once again,
Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom."
Strong the nation rallied then,
And Rebellion trembled when
From Atlanta to the shore
Rang the song of 'Sixty-four.
CHORUS
"Hurrah, hurrah, we'll sing the jubilee,
Hurrah, hurrah, the flag that set you free !
So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea,
As we were marching through Georgia."
So we fought our battles through,
Till at last the rebel crew

With their brothere ceased to strive,
And we sang in 'Sixty-five.
CHORUS

When Johnny comes marching home again.

Hurrah, hurrah !
We'll give him a hearty welcome then,

Hurrah, hurrah !
The men will cheer, the boys will shout,

■408 Minute Men of '61

The ladies they will all turn out,
And we'll all feel gay
When Johnny comes marching home.
Should the land our service need,
We the trumpet call would heed,
And as soldiers of the free,
Strike again for liberty.

M}- Countr}- 'tis of thee.
Sweet Land of Liberty,

Of thee 1 sing.
Land where m^- fathers died,
Land of the pilgrim's pride.
From every mountain side

Let freedom ring.

Our father's God, to Thee,
Author of Liberty ,

To th'ee we sing.
Long ma}- our land be bright
With freedom's holy light
Protect us bj- thy might

Great God, our King.

THE LrrTLE BRONZE BUTTON
Ev John L. Parker, Post 5, Lynn
Air, "The Old Oaken Backet"
How dear to the heart of each gray-headed soldier,

Are thoughts of the days when we still wore the blue
While memory recalls every trial and danger.

And scenes of the past are brought back to his \-iew.
Though long since discarding our arms and equipments

There's one thing a veteran most surely will note ;
The first thing he sees on the form of a comrade,
Is the little bronze button he wears on his coat.
CHORUS

The little bronze button,
The sacred bronze button.
The Grand Army button
He wears on his coat.

"How much did it cost?" said a man to a soldier,

"That little fiat button you wear on vour coat?"
' 'Ten cents in good money, " he answered the .stranger,

"And four years of marching and fighting, to boot."
The wealth of the world cannot purchase this emblem,

Except that the buyer once wore the brave l^lue ;
And it shows to mankind the full marks of a hero,

A man who to honor and country was true.
Then let us be proud of the little bronze button,

And wear it with spirit both loyal and bold,
Fraternally welcome each one who siipports it,

With love in ou.r hearts for the comrades of old.
Each day musters out whole battalions of wearers,

And soon will be missed the loved token so dear.
But millions to come will remember with honor

The men who'd the right that bronze button to wear.

Minute Men of '61 409

THE MINUTE MEN OF 1861

AX APPRECIATION.

' ' He gives twice who gives esrly " is an adage as old, almost, as the generations of
men who have used it, as true now as when ITrst expressed and never more so than when
the Militia of Massachusetts, responding to the call of Governer Andrew, hastened to
the Capital Cit\- and formed in the ranks of war. The storm had long been brewing
and the citizen soldiery, the true l)alw3rk of a nation, were ready for the outbreak. To
them, through all of the intervening nearly half century, has been fittingly applied the
appellation at first given to their fathers in the troublous times leading up to the Revo-
lution. The "Minute Men " of 1775 were well represented by their sons of a later date
who, no less than the heroes of lyexington and Concord, exemplified the essentials of
the expres.sion, first found in Revolutionary annals in the acts of the Convention of
Committees of Correspondence and delegates for the county of Worcester, at its sitting
in the then town of Worcester, September 21, 1774, when and where it was recom-
mended to the officers in each town in the county, "To enlist one third of the men of
their respective towns, between sixteen and sixty years of age, to be ready to act at a
MixuTE'S warning;^ and that it be recommended to each town in the county, to choose
a sufficient number of men as a committee to supply and support those troops that shall
move on any emergency."

Orders issued, January, 1861, from the Executive chamber of the State House in
Boston to all the compaines of the Commonwealth required the same instantaneous com-
pliance that was expected when " Minute Men " had its first application. Governor
Andrew had served as a long distance counsel in the trial of John Brown after the Har-
per's Eerry Raid and no one knew better than he, the intentions of the South in the
matter of seces.sion. One of the very first acts of the Governor after his inauguration
was to send his military secretary. Colonel. A. G. Brown, to the governors of the several
New England states warnig then: of the impending struggle and enjoining them to be
readv for the call for troops, certain to come. Among the replies received, that from
Maine, the daughter of the Bay State, was particularly appropriate and inspiring,
" Maine will follow the lead of Massachusetts if .she cannot keep abreast. " That the
Governor was warranted in his confident offer of troops to defend the capital of the
nation, at the very outset of his administration, was owing to preparations made by his
predecessor in the gubernatorial chair. Nathaniel P. Banks, Jr. , had given a deal of
his executive time and energy to putting the Militia of the Commonwealth on a war
footing, so that wlie n the.se soldiers did, finally, make their appearance in the vSouth-
land. Governor Andrew was fully borne out in his declaration that they were armed and
equipped in all the essentials for Military duty "down to teat-pegs and shoe-shrings."
The bared hand clasping the drawn sword, as a part of the escutcheon of Massachusetts,
never had more fitting application than when her citizen-soldiers were proffering their
services to the state and she in turn was tendering them to the nation.

410 Minute Men of '61

While certain men of high position were crying, "Peace, Peace" members
even of President L/incoln's cabinet were exclaiming that the storm would soon subside,
the Executive department of this Commonwealth thought otherwise and, in every pos-
sible way tried to make read}- for the approaching tempest. It came, when there
flashed over the wires from Washington a message from Henry Wilson, " send on fif-
teen hundred men at once." This was the fifteenth of April, a day sacred almost in the
memory of Minute Men to the present time, and will continue so as long as one of them
remains above the ground his earnestness helped to render free. Like arrows from the
Ijow, like greyhounds from the leash sped the messengers from the Governor's busy
chamber. East, west, north and south, tliej- hastened to Worcester, L/Owell, Lawrence.
Newburvport, all along the north shore, down through the Old Colon}- to Buzzard's
Bay, evervvvhere giving the word which caused men to drop whatever work was in
hand, and to dash quickl\- to the nearest rendezvous, The morning of the sixteenth
lieheld these farmers, tradesmen, mechanics and professional men pouring into the cit}'
of Boston, fully exemplifying the statemnet of de Rochamljeau, nearly a centur\- before,
that in America no men are soldiers by trade, but men of all trades are soldiers.
WTiile driving sleet and rain rendered the streets difficult of passage, they could not
oliscure the flags which everywhere petokened the spirit of the people who were rising
to the exigencies of the hour. Once more "The Cradle of Liberty " rocked with the
same spirit that gave to it the christening of the far off Revolutionary period. Not only
was Faneuil Hall filled by the soldiers, the same was true of Boylston and other large
assembly places. The uniform of the militiamen and their places in the ranks were
soon at a premium, so general was the desire of earnest manhood to have a hand in the
approaching conflict.

There is little time for dela}- in Boston and on the seventeenth organizations are
climbing Beacon Hill to receive from the hands of the Governor the colors which they
are to follow during the months of their service. Passing the standard into the hands
of the Colonel, Governor Andrew said, " This flag, sir, take and bear with yoii. It will
be an emblem on which all eyes will rest, reminding you always of that which you are
to hold most dear." Nor was the reply less fitting as the officer grasping the staff said,
" Your Excellency, you have g-iven to me this flag which is the emblem of all who stand
before you. It represents ni}- entire command and, so help me God, I will never dis-
grace it." Could we follow these devoted men as they leave their mustering place,
whether they go by land or water, we should see a people well nigh frantic with enthu-
siasm, for the great mass of them had never before seen soldiers actually starting for
the real warfare. Though the ensuing years were to render such sights all too common,
there was a novelty in all of this that drew to the scene the last beholder of whatever
age or sex that the city possessed. The same was true of the entire trip of those who
took the all rail route to and through New- York Cit}-. Though certain politically crazy
citizens of Connecticut had invoked the harshest of reception to the soldiers of northern
New England, should any of them attempt to cross the borders of the Land of Steady
Habits, the liberty loving dwellers there thought differently and nothing interfered with
the reception accorded the brave men of Massachusetts.

If language in the days of 1861 was inadequate to describe the enthusiasm with
which the " Minute Men " of the Bay State were greeted, how utterly futile to under-
take its description almost half a century afterwards. Suffice it is to record that all the
honors that the greatest municipality in the land could bestow w-ere showered on the
marching men as they moved through tumultuous throngs on their course up Broadway-
Even when advancing, citizens crowded into the ranks, anxious to be of service to these
men who had come so far on their way to help render safe the Nation's Capital.
The last piece of bunting that Gotham possessed was swung from the windows over-
looking the grandest street in the western world and, apparently, the entire population

IMiNFTK Mkn ok '61 411

of the IMetropoHs stru.i^.s^led for a siglit of tlu'su earliest volunteer militiamen. Repre-
sentatives of the recently formed Yonug INIen's Christian Association passed through the
lines proffering Bibles to the soldiers, but they were met with the response that this
want had been supplied before leaving home. Tf) one citizen, unusually pressing in his
zeal to help, a Yankee boy remarked, " Well if you are so ready to do something for me
you may give me a new pair of boots for these old ones " from whose tips even then the
toes of the soldier were protruding. " I will gladly do so, '" said the gentleman, " bu^
kindl\- ti.-ll UK- how vou happened to be so far from home in such a plight?" Tbat is
easil_\- done said the youth, " When the summons came to me I was plowing in the same
field in which my grandfather was plowing when he was called to Concord; he did not
wait a minute, neither did I."

Through New Jersey see the train s])eeds along, carrying succor to the Capital with
onlv a sluggish ri\-er between it and its deadly foe. The attempted rest in Philadelphia
is interrupted by the "long-roll," the most awe-inspiring sound possible to a soldier's
ear and in the early hours of the nineteenth of April, the " INIinute Men " are hastening
further southward. The reception, the conflict, the results of that dread passage
through the streets of Baltimore have been matters of history for far more than a gen'
eration, yet when shall their .glory fade?" "Oh the wild charge they made, while al'
the world wondered!" Four of the marching column that followed the colors, so
recentl\'received from the hands of the Governor, now borne by Timothy Crowley, with
all the military precision of a parade instead of a battle, four " INIinute INIen " will follow
the flag no longer for stretched on the pavement of the IMonumental City lie the bodies
of Tadd, Xeedham, Taylor and Whitney, the first offerings in that terrible holocaust of
war which for long years, was to consume the best the nation had to give. Night be-
holds them camped within the Nation's Senate Chamber and as Abraham L,incoln grasps
each Massachusetts man by the hand, he proclaims his gratitude that all the people have
not become unnerved by the spirit of trade and that there were 3-et men who were will"
ing to offer themselves for the defense of their country, and the " Minute Men " slept
with the comforting assurance that tlieir arrival had rendered safe the seat of the
National Government.

When the news of this day's doings reached the ears of Governor Andrew, he tele-
graphed the Mayor of Baltimore thus: — "I pray you have the bodies of our Massachu-
setts soldiers, dead in battle, to be immediately laid out, preserved in ice and tenderly
sent forward by express to me. All expenses will be paid by this Commonwealth."
Coi;ld any words more fittingly indicate the true nature of this great hearted man?
George W. Bungay, a poet of the day, seized the occasion to express in verse his esti.
mate of the message ad of the event, —

" In their own martial robes arrayed,
In cap and cloak and shining blade.
In the still coffin softly laid,

Oh, send them tenderly.
Our bleeding country's bleeding corps
Of noble dead can sleep no more,
Where monuments in Baltimore,
Libel our liberty."

This line of thought can end in no better way than by quoting these words from
the AVer York Independent of April 23, 1861:—

412 Minute Men of '61

" Massachusetts has won the praise and blessing of all men. 'Jlie sons of Massachu-
setts lay dead in the streets of Baltimore on the anniversary day of the Battle of Lexing-
ton, l)e'fore a single regiment from New York had crossed the border between the slave
and the free states. Soldiers from Massachusetts had made their way to Havre de Grace,
Seized a .steamboat, reached Annapolis and taken a position by which they could keep
open a road to Washington, before a single troop of New York soldiers had found a pas-
sage into the enemy's countr}'. Troops from Massachusetts have lieen sent by sea and
thrown into Fortress Munroe, commanding Norfolk, while the authorities at Albany
were debating upon the proper official steps to be taken in regard to the President's
Proclamation. " God save the Commonwealth of Ma.ssachusetts."

The lessons tavTght in the three months' service were invaluable to these incipient
soldiers for a large majority of them became invaluaVjle leaders in other organizations as
the vears of the struggle advanced, yet no one of them ever lost his reasonalile pride
that, at the very dawning of the .strife, he made himself eligible to the title, superlative
in its meaning and magnitude, a '' Minute Man." Subsequent officers of high degree.
Major Generals even, have come back to the reminiscent feasts of the veterans, all dis-
tinctions of rank forgotten in the one .supreme recollection, " we were boys together in
tliose times when, obedient to the call of Nation and State, we donned our uniforms and
as Minute Men marched away to do and die." Toda}-, in that magnificent array of war^
stained banners preserved in the State Hoiise, forever cherished liy the loyal and loving
of all generations, no flags call forth more encomiums than that which was borne through
the streets of Baltimore or the one which waved over the struggle at Bull Run, where
men of both North and South began to learn what leal war was like.

As the years between the war and the thereafter lengthened, a thought began to gain
lodgement in the minds of the surviving Minute Men that their stor}- ought to be told
in a volume bv itself. The Government in time thought so well of their services that it
issued special medals to the men why first bared their breasts to the foe and nothing,
that the veteran passes on to his descendants, does he value higher than this bit of en-
graved metal whereon is announced the fact that the possessor, when the Nation
iieeded him most did not hesitate. If then the CTOvernment singled out these organiza-
tions, why might not the Commonwealth assist in the telling of their brief but exciting
career? In time, a committee of ten members was appointed at one of the annual meet-
nigs of the veterans and the Legislature was asked for the aid extended to single regi-
ments or batteries in their respective histories. For some reason the request was denied.
INIean while under the unceasing vigilance of George W. Nason of the Fifth Regiment,
representatives of the several organizations interested had written the stories of their
respective bodies e.nl a very large collection of the portraits of these volunteers of 1861
had Ijeen made and, throtigh the half-tone process, had become lasting memorial of hun-
dreds of those who so early endangered their lives. Year after year, the veterans met in
their Faneuil Hall pilgrimages and heard the same refrain, " Not yet," until man after
nr.in of the original committee had passed on to the hereafter and finally only the indo-
mitable Nason remained. Then came the effort of 1910, nearly half a century- after 1861,
another and a final attempt to secure legislative aid and it was successful. Evidently
the further legislators get from the scenes themselves, the more important the events
become, in other words perspective improves the outlook. At any rate the request was
granted and the throwing of the collected matter into book form speedily followed.

Though the ending is a happ}- one, it is not seen without .some sad reflections,
Everv one of the more than five hundred men w^ho contributed his. portrait and his sub-
scription to the project expected to see his face upon the printed page and to hold in his
hands the volume which told his story and that of .so many of his comrades. Death has
prevented the realizatian of many a wish and descendants only are to profit by the efforts
of the departed. But wdiat a boon is this which the persistency of certain men of the
of the organization has produced. \Vhat would not Mas.sachusetts, the Nation, give for
the pictures of even fift}- of"those Minute Men of 1775 who fought the British all the wa}-

Minute Men of '61 413

from Concord to \\\-st Cainbrid.^e on the ninftec-nth of April? Here, llianks to pho-
to,L;Taph_\- and the engraver's art, more than four hundred faces are given to perpetual
observation. 'i"o the pages of this volume nnist turn the searchers after real war mem-
ories long after the last INIinute INIan of 1861 has joined the shades of those who fell in
Baltimore. Xo matter who buys the book nor how much he pays for it, the price will be
no standard of its real value. .As a rule, the stories of the portraits are told by the men
who stood or sat for the seml)lances, possibly at times a bit florid but pardonalih- so
when we reflect on the chances the writer took in the \ears of long ago. Every word of
regimental service is recounted \)y a partici]:)ant hence it is of paramount interest and
value.

In conclusion, the thanks of those who have forwarded this matter are rendered
to ever}- one who contributed picture, description or subscription, while personal obliga-
ti-nos should be expressed to those who wrote the several organization histories as
Charles C. Doten and Harrison O. Thomas of the Third, John M. Dean and Alonzo
M. Shaw of the Fourth, William T. Ivustis, George W. Xason, William C. Bates and
James H. Griggs of the Fifth, John H. Norton of the Sixth, Benjamin F. Peach of the
F^ighth, A. B. R. Sprague of the Third Battalion, James H. Xason of the First Mass.
Batter} and others. Nor should this preface end without special mention of the untiring
<levotion of George W. Xason who has known no such word as fail from the beginning;
where others flagged in zeal or pace he became all the more determined and, though
advancidg jears might have excused a declination, he only worked the harder. The
success, for such it is, is largely due to his energy and alxsolnte refusal to retreat a single
inch. He has risen from a sick bed to further the cause and the history of the Minute
men; it has been his chief waking and sleeping thought till at last, in finished form, the
work is to stand before him. If he so choose, there is ample justification for his saying
like the worthy of old, " I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have
kept the faith. "

Finally as we read the words of the book, a sigh is due those who anxiously desired
a sight of its promised excellence, but were denied the grace. They have been falling
during all of the years, but when we think of one who appeared repeatedly at the State
House in behalf of this plan, who was ever instant in behalf of the cause, one whom at
the meeting of 19U9, his comrades made Commander of the Minute Men for the ensuing
A-ear. we cannot repress an exclamation of grief that, on the morning of March 30,
apparently in usual health the day before, the spirit of Commander George H. Cavanagh
took its flight, and his place at the reunion of 1910, his particularly honored place, was
vacant.

Alfred S. Roe.
Worcester, April 19, 191i).

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INDEX

Alexandria, Va 123-127

Allen, Chas. F Ill

"Alleghany, The" 232

Alley, Benj. M 260

Alley, Frank IM 260

Alley, John D 261

Alley, Richard 261

Andrew, Gov 9-69-123- 98

Annapolis, Md 123-232-233-287-288

Annapolis Junction 234

Assonet Light Infantry 12

Astor House, N. Y 2-)2

Atwood , Benj . S 56

Eacon, Chas. D 193

Baily , Alvin R 147

Baltimore, Md 123-194

Eanks, Xath'l P 189

Barnes, Chas. E ■. . . 52

;Barri, Thos. C 127

Barrows, Simeon H 50

Bates, James E 315

Bates, Wm. C 168

Bennett, Edwin C 174

Benys, Lieut. T. H 232

Bickford, John p: 110

Big Bethel, Va 10-11-70

Bird Warren A 177

Blandin, Samuel G 100

Bonney, IMartin V 47

Bonney , Theodore L 47

Boston Light Artillery 127-287

Boyd, Maj. John 127

Boyden, H. D 283

Bourne, S^lvanus 58

Bradeu, Henry S 109

Braston, Capt. Geo. O 125

Breed, J. X 170

Brown , James 108

Brown, Mayor 198

Bryant, J. T 105

Burbank, D. W 52

Bull Run, 7a 128

Burke, Geo. W 318

Butler, Gen 11-14-70-72-190-232-313

Cambridge, The 14

Cate, Thos. J 213,

Cavanaugh, Geo. IT 293

Cemeteries, National 153

Chamberlain, vSamuel E 11-13-33

Chamberlain, W'm. I) 10-13-57

Chambers, Lt. John G 127

Chandler, E. T 58

Chandler, S. C 217

Charter, R. P 219

Centerville, Va 124-128

Childs, Geo. T 172

Chipman, Chas 10

Choate, Geo. D 297

Chute, R. J 262

"Civil War of 1861-65 The" 402

Clark, Andrew J 98

Coffin, Col.F. J 231

Congress, thanks of 199

"Contraband of War" 12

' 'Constitvition, The" 232

Corwin , Wm 103

Cross, Geo. W 171

Cushman, .\ustin S 12-36

Davis, E. K 173

Davis, W. G 59

Deane John M 51

DeSoto, The 287-288

Devens, IMajor Charles 275-284

Dickson, H. A 222

Dimick, Col. J 9-1+-70

Dimon, C. A. R 263

Dix, Gen 275-288

Doble, F. M 41

Dollard, Robert lt>4

Doten, Charles C 11-55

Doten, Samuel H 10-13-49

Douglass, A. C 268

Drew, C A 216

Dunbar, Geo 333

Dyke, John H 225

INDEX

Kames, J. H 174

Edson, G. A 107

Edwards, N. M 169

Eighth Regiment, INI.V M 231 to 273

Ellsworth, Col 124

Elwell, Andrew 231-235-266

Eustis, W'ni. T 172

Fairfax Court House, \a 128

Farwell, F. M 221

Fifth Regiment, M.V.M 123 to 186

Follansbee, Capt. A. vS 195-196

F'ort Ellsworth, Va. , 127

Fort McHenry Md. , .232

Fort Monroe, Va., 9-11-12-70-72-127-287

P'ort Sumpter, S. C, 9-72

Fourth Regiment, M.V.M 69 to 121

Foxcroft, Geo. A 267

Franklin, Gen. W. B 124-128

F'reeman, V. O 333

Frothingham , J. B 145

Gardner, Frank 295

' 'General Order No. 4" 9

C^.iles, J. Frank 142

Giles, Joseph J 148

Glover, N. E 108

Goulding, lyewis 107

Gourlay, William D 216

Grandy, H. E 166

Green, Eieut. Col 124

Green, J. Durrell 126-127

Green, W. P 54

(Griggs, Jas. H 126-146-173

Griswold, A. W 252

Hampton, Va 10-70

Hart, 2d Lient. C. A 70

Haskell, Alfred 163

Heintzleman, Gen. vS. P 124-128

Henry, Thomas A 314

Higgins, Andrew M 303

Hinks, Edward W 231-235-264

Hitchings, A. Frank 265

Hodges, Lieut. G 233

Holmes, Freeman 46

Howans, Charles 233

Horton, Rev. Edward A 331-340

Howe, Church 220

Hutchins, John 166

Jackson, "Stonewall" 124

Jones, Amos C 218

Jones, Col. Edward F 190-192-221

Josselyn, Robert 99

Kelley, T. Benton 336-337

Kelley, Frank S 44

Keene, \\\ H 255

Kemp, F:. G 48

Keyes, Maj. Handen W 123-127

Kilburn, Chas 339

Kingsley, Fred A 125

Kinjiear, John 49

Knights, J. S 224

Koem1)el , Philip 319

Lawrence, Gen. S. C 123-124-128-143

Lawrence, W. H 124

Legg, C A 283

Lemmon, Wr B 259

Leonard, James H 101

Lincoln, President 9-123-124-126-234

Lincoln, ' 'Col. Watson's Review' ' 403

Linnell, L- F 265

"Little Bronze Button, The' ' 408

Loring, John H 167

Lovering, Geo. M 103

Lynch, N. B 294

Lynde, L. F 225

Lyon, Chas. P 48

MacKenzie, John 154

Magruder, Gen 10

Manchester Cornet Band 235

Mansfield, Gen 123

Marland, Wm 218

Marshall House, Alexandria 124

INDEX

III

Martin, Augustus P 300

Martin, Knot V S 266

"Maryland, The" 232

''^lassachusetts ^Minute Men"

307 to 312.32?-3o6

McDowvll, ( un 128-197-235

McClcarn, S. F 264

McFarlin, Wni. vS 40

McKay, John Jr 95

INIerrimack , The 10

Minute Men of 1S61 , The

327-409 to 413

Mixter, C. S 150

Monitor, The 10

Morse, Elijah A. INIorse 96

INIunroe, Col. Timothy 231-235

Xason, Albert S 100

Xason, James Henry 291

Xason, Geo. W 125-157

Xational Cemeteries 153

Xaval Academy, Annapolis 23>3

Xavy , Our 342 to 354

Xewhall, Geo. T 267

Xewport Xews, Ya 70-73

Xew York, Seventh Regiment 233

Xorfolk, Va 10-14

Xorton, George 162

Xorton, Hanibal D 170

Xorton, John H 189-214

"Official Returns" 402

"Old Glory" (Uncoln Day 1904) 334

Oliver, Judson W 149

Osgood, h. V 301

Packard, Col. Abner B 69-71-99

Paulding, Com 9-14

Pawnee, The 9-13-14

Peach, Gen. B. F 236-254

Peirce, Elisha X 152

Persons, Oscar 175

Perry ville Z3Z

Pierce, Charles E 91

Pierce, F'rank 233

Pierson, Lieut. Col 124-127

Pike, Charles M 317

Phelps, Col 72

Poore, Ben Parley 235

Prescott, Geo. I. 176

Raymond, Charles 151

Reed, Geo. A 215

Relay House 123-235-287

Reynolds, J. P 257

RichartLson, 1st Lieut. M. A 71

Richardson, Col. vS. P 11-45

Robbinson, Wm. E 125

Rogers, Otis 54

Rogers, Chas . B 126

S. L. I. "Salem Zouaves 246 to 252

Sampson, \V. S 217

vSanborn, G. W 301

Sawin, Lieut. Robert L 299

Schonler, Adj. (Ven 11-190'

Scott, Horace 12

Shaw, Geo. H 57

Shaw, Alonzo M 106

Shepard, Capt. D. L 71

Sherman, James L 73-104

Sixth Regiment, M.V.M 189 to 228-

Smith, Samuel H 256

Somerville Light Infantr\' 125

' 'Song of the Camp Fire" 407

Sonnet on Bones 371

vSouther, F. L 101

Spaulding, S.'R.,The 9-12-13-70-73.

vSpear, E. A 105

"Special Order Xo. 14" 9

Sprague, A. B. R 282

Sprague, P. X 106-

Spoffor.l, E. F 222

Sproule, Alex. W 223-

' 'State of Maine" ' 69-71

Statistics 402

"vStars and Stripes," Prison Record..

359 to 401

Stevens, J. T 102-105

Stillings, Samuel V 316

Stirling, W. S 268

Stowe, Martin, A 300

Swain, James M 46

INDEX

"The Boy who Carried the (run" 335

Third Battalion Rifles 127-275 to 285

Third Regiment, M.V.M 9 to 67-127

Thomas, ' 'Citizen" H. 34

Thomas, Robert B 284

Tilghman, Capt 235

Tillson, M. V 316

Towle, John A 60

Tripp, William D 332

Tj-ler, Jonas K 10-13

Tyler, Philip H 302

Tvler. William N 176

United vStates Wars 20

Union*IvOSses, War of^Rebellion 20

"Vanguard Volunteers, The" 331

Vermont, Krst 72

"Veteran's Memory Ivand" 369

Walker, Albert vS 298

Walker, Henry 102

Wallburg, Valentine 171

Wardrop, Col. D. W 11-13-14-59

Wardwell, D. K 162

Warren, H. M 302

Warren, W. C, 224

Washburn, C. Jr 60

Washburn, Capt. G. A 90-313

Washburn, Jerome 97

Washburn, O. E 50

Washington, D. C 123-127-197-234

Wa.ss, A. I) 219

Watson, Maj. B. F 190

Wheeler, E- vS 169

Wheelock, G. W 51

White, Charles A 38

W^hite, G. B 109

W' hitman, Major 72-73

Whittle, C. P 167

"Who Did the Fighting' ' 402

Wightman , Mayor 236

Willey, Isaac Otis 53

Williams, Geo. D 56

Williams, Wm. H 269

Willis, R. H 95

Winship, H. A 297

Winthrop, Maj. T 11

Wise, CtOv 7?

Wright, Samuel C 53

ILLUSTRATIONS

Abl)ott, Chas. H. , Fifth 1 7S

Adams, Geo. M., Fourth 11,^

Adams, Oliver vS., Fifth 179

Alden, William F. . Fifth 17S

Allen, Charles F., Fourth Ill

Alley, Benjamin M., Eighth 260

Alley, Frank M., Eighth 26(1

Alley, James D., Eighth 261

Alley, Richard, Eighth 261

Atvvood, Benjamin S., Third 56

Atwood, J. Murray, Third 63

Bacon, Charles D., Fourth . . . .93

Bailey. Charles H.. Fifth LSI

Bailey, Alvin R., Fifth 147

:Barnes, Chas. E. , Third 52

Barrett, Benj. K., Fourth 115

-Barrett, Geo. V., Sixth 226

Barrows, Simeon H., Third 5(»

Bates, James E., Fourth 315

Bates, William C. , Fifth 16S

"Bennett, Edwin C, Fifth 174

Bickford, John F)., Fourth 11(1

Bird, Warren A., Fifth 177

:Blandin, Simeon G., Fourth lOO

'Blaney, Elias, Eighth 271

Booker, Geo. D., Fifth 185

Bonney, Morton \'. , Third 47

Bonney, Teeodore L,. , Third 47

^oardman, Francis, Eighth 270

-Bourne, Sylvanus, Third 58

Bowen, William J., Third Bat Mi

Boyden, William D., Third Bat 283

Braden, Henry vS. Fourth 1(J9

"Breed, John N., Fifth 170

Brastow, George ()., Fifth 165

Brooks, John C, Fourth 119

Brown, Frank A., Fifth 165

Brown, James, Fourth 108

Brown, William P., Fifth 358

Bryant, Joshua T., Fourth 105-120

Burbank, David W. , Third 5Z

Burgess, E. Howard, Third 63

Burke, George W., First N.H.M 318

Burnside, Gen. Ambrose E., 1st R.I.. .325

'Butler, Gen. Benjamin F 313

IBuxton, Geo. F., Fifth 180

Carr, Royal S., Fifth 179

Caswell, Benj. F., Fourth 112

Cate, Lieut. Thos. J., Sixth, 223

Cavanagh, (ieo. H., First Battery 293

Chamberlain, (Ven. S. E , Third 33

Chandaerlain, Wm. I)., Third 57

Chandler, Eilward T., Third 58

Chandler, Simeon C, Sixth 217

Charters, Reuben P., Sixth 219

Chase, Benj. W. R., Eighth 262

Childs, Geo. T., Fifth 172

Choate, Geo. I) 297

Church, John H. , Fourth 115

Chute, Rupert J. , 262

Clark, Andrew J., Fourth 98

Clark, Enoch J. , Fifth 183

Clark, Isaac S. , Fourth 112

Clark, vSamuel h., Eighth 271

Coe, John T. , Eighth 263

Colgan, Geo. A. J., Sixth 323

Connor, William, Sixth 227

Cook, Capt. Asa M. 1st Battery 296

Cook, Thomas H., Fourth 96

Corwin, Frank, Fourth 113

Corwin, William, Fourth ll)3

Crafts, John H. , Fourth 116

Cunnnins, John, Third Bat 285

Crosby, Elkanah, Fifth 182

Cross, Geo. W., Fifth 170

Cushing, Henry H. I). , Fifth 183

Cushman, Maj. Austin vS., Third ...36-324

Cushman, James M. , Fourth 119

Cutter, George, First Battery 305

Dalton, Jeremiah, Fifth 184

D'Arcy, John S., First Battery 304

Davis, Elbridge K., Fifth 173

Davis, Stephe;i H., Fifth 180

Davis, Wm. G., Third 59

Deane, John M., Third 51

Devens, Maj. Chas., Third Batt 284

Dickson, Henry A., Sixth 222

Dimon, Chas. A. R., Eighth 263

Doble, Francis M., Third 41

Dollard, Robert, Fourth 104

ILLUSTRATIONS

Doten, Capt. Chas. C, Third 55

Doten, Maj. Samuel H. , Third 49

Douglas, Albert C. , Kighth 268

Drew, Cxeo. A., Sixth 216

Duchesney, Lawrence H., vSixth 226

Dunbar, Geo. P'^ourth 333

Dyke, Capt. John II., Sixth 225>

Eames, John H., Fifth 174

Edson, George A. , Fourth 107

Edwards, Nathan M. , Fifth 169

Ellis, Henry K. , Third 67

Elwell, Lt. Col. Andrew, Eighth 266

Ellsworth, Thomas, Eighth 270

Eustis, William T., Fifth 172

Faneuil Hall, Boston, 18

Farwell, Fred M., vSixth 221

Field, Joseph W., Eighth 273

Fifth, Association Ofificers, 1904-05 320

Fifth M.V.M., Camp at Washington. . .364

Fifth, M.V.M., Man on Picket 405

F'oxcroft, George A., Eighth 267

Francis, Lieut. Humphrey A., Third... 67

Freeman, Victor O., vSixth 333

Frothington, John P. , Fifth 145

Fuller, Alonzo W., Fourth 113

F'uller, Thomas, F'ourth 97

Gardner, Frank, 1st Battery 295

Gardner, CTeorge D., F^ighth 273

Gardner, William H. , Fifth 184

Gibson, Thomas, Sixth 228

Giles, John F. , Fifth 142-325

Giles, Joseph J., Fifth ' 148

Gleason, Joseph H. , 3 Batt 296

Glover, Nathaniel E. , P'ourth 108

Goodridge, vSergt. Henry H., Eighth. .272

Goulding, Lewis, Fourth 107

Gourlay, William D., vSixth : . .216

Gray, Anjavine N., 3 Batt 32i

Gray, John C, 3 Batt 285

Gray, William B. , Fifth 182

Green, William P., Third. 54

Griggs, James H., Fifth 146-175

Grandy , Henry E. , Fifth 166

Greely Philip T., U.S.N 322

Gurney , Alva A. , Fourth 118

Gurney, Seth P. , Fourth 117

Hall, Frank L. , Eighth 272

Harding, Benjamin, Third 65

Harding, Morton E., Fourth , . .119

Harkness, Lieut. E. A., 3 Batt 306

Harris, Arthur, Third 65

Haskell, Alfred, Fifth 163

Hathaway, James H., Third 64

Hartshorn, David T., Fourth 117

Hawkes, Levi, Third 66

Hawkins, Henry M., Fifth 357

Hayden, Chas. H., F'ourth 116

Henry, Thomas A., 14th N.Y., N.G. . .314-
Higgins, Andrew M., First Battery. . . .305.

Hincks, Col. E. W., Eighth 264-

Hitchcock, vSimeon D., Third 64

Hitchings, A. Frank, Eighth 265-

Hood, William W. , Third 62.

Holmes, Freeman, Third 46-

Holmes, Zaccheus, First Battery 305

Hopkins, James R., Fifth 186

Horton, Rev. Edward A., U.S.N. .324-340-

Hosmer, Gilman S., vSixth 228

Howe, Church, Sixth 113

Howe, W^illiam H. , Fourth 220'

Humble, Henry, F'ourth 114

Hutchins, Capt. John, Fifth 166

Jones, Amos G. , Sixth 218

Jones, Col. Edward F. Sixth 221-326

Jones, Melville D., Fifth .' 186

Jones, William H., Sixth 227

Josselyn, Albert, Third .64-

Josselyn, Robert, Fourth 99

Joslin, Lieut. George C, Third Batt. . . 306'

Keene, William H. , Eighth 255

Kelly, vSerg. Frank S., Third 44

Kelley, Thomas Benton 337

Kemp, Elbridge G., Third 48

Keenan, James, Sixth 228

Keenan, Mathew T. J., 13 N.Y.M 322'

Kilburn, Charles, Fifth 179-339

Kinnear, vSergt. John, Third 49'

Knights, James S. , vSixth 224

Knowland. William C. , Eighth 270^

Koempel, Philip, 1 Conn. Mill .319'

ILLU.STRATIUXS

ITT

L-

I^akeman, John R., Kighth 272

Ivane, Chas. D. W. , Fifth 185

Ivapham, Joseph A. , Fourth 355

Lawrence. Gen. vSamuel C, I'ifth 143

L/each, John A. , Fourth 326

Ivegg, Charless A., Third Batt 283-358

Ivemmon, William B.. Eighth 259

Iveonard. James H., Fourth 101

Lincoln, Alfred A., Fourth 114

Linnell, Lieut. Lorenzo F., luglith 265

Loring, Benj. J. , Fifth 164

Loring, Freeman A., Fifth 181

Loring John H. , Fifth 167

Lovering, George M., Fourth 103

Levering, Hanison, First Battery 305

Lynde, Lieut. Leander F. , Sixth 22S

Lynch, Nicholas C, First Battery 294

Lyon, Chas. P. , Third 48

MacKay, James N. , Fourth 115

MacKenzie, John, Fifth 154

Maine, William H. , Fourth 114

Marble, John W., Third 65

Marden, William H., Sixth 226

Marland, William, Sixth 218

Marstor. , Wni. H. . Fourth 115

Martin, A. P., 1st INIass. Battery .66-300-326

Martin, Capt. Knott V., Eighth 266

Martin, Capt. K. V., and the hog 22

Massachusetts Minute Men Medal 339

McClearn, vStuart F. , Eighth 264

McFarlin, Capt. Wm. S., Third 40

McKay, John Jr. , Fourth 95

Messer, Albion A. , Third Batt 285

Meserve, Solomon, Third 62

"Minute Men of 1861" April 15 1897. .329

'Minute Men of '61" Banner 358

Minute Men of '61 Banner and Comrades 369
Mitchell, Sergt. Benjamin L., Eighth. .270

Mixter, Calvin S. , Fifth 1 50

Moore, Chas. D., Sixth 227

Morse, Elijah A. , Fourth 96

Morton, Nathaniel, Third . . .65

Moulton, Joseph, Fifth 178

Moulton, Lieut. Orson C. Third Batt.. 306

V;,son, Albert D., Forty-fifth 3J1

Cason, Albert S., Fourth 100

■ ason, Charles H.. Finst R.I.M 321

ason, Col. Geo. ^^'., Fifth, Front 157-322

Nason, Geo. H., 4th and 35th 321

Nason, James Henry, First Battery. . . .291

Nason, Walter E., Fourth 116

Nason, William E., 4th and 18th 321

Newhall, Charles L.. U.S.N 325

Newhall, Capt. (xeorge T., Eighth 267

Nichols, James W. , Eighth 272

Nightingale, Wyman B., Fourth S4

Norton, Cieorge, Fifth 162

Norton, Hannibal 1)., Fifth 170

Norton, John H., Sixth 214

O'Connor, Fred A., U.S.N 324

Oliver, Judson W. , Fifth 149

Osgood, James H., Fourth 112

Osgood, Lewis V. , First Batt 3(»1

Otis, William W., Fourth 121

Packard, Col. Abner B., Fourth 99

Paty, Capt. vSeth W., Third 66

Peach, Gen. B. F., Eighth 254

Peirce. Ehsha N. , Fifth 152

Persons, Oscar P'ifth 175

Phillips, Benj. A. , Eighth 273

Phillips, Benj. H., Eighth 271

Pickett, Lieut Josiah, Third Batt 306

Pierce, Chas. E. , Fourth Batt 91

Pike, Charles M 317

Pollock, John, Fifth 178

Prescott, Albert, Fifth 355

Prescott, Capt. George L-, P'ifth 176

Raymond, Charles, Fifth 151

Raymond, Capt. John .W. , Eighth 271

Reed, George A., Sixth 215

Reed vSamuel W. , Fourth 121

Reed, Timothy, Fourth. 120

Reynolds, Edward W. , Fiftli 182

Reynolds, John P. , F^ighth 257

Reynolds, vStephen H., Fifth . .' 183

Richard.son, Joseph W., First Battery. .304

Richmond, Col. Silas P., 45-67

Richmond, Welcome H., Third 64

Richard, Warren, Third 62

Roberts, William R., Fourth. 1 18

Robbins, Caleb T., Third 61

Robinson, Lieut. Wm. E., Fifth 181

Rogers, Lieut. Otis, Third .54

Rogers vSamuel D., vSi.xth _'27

IIvT^USTRATIONS

Sampson, Capt. Walter S., .Sixth 217

Sanborn, George X , First Battery 301

Sawin, Ueut. Robert L,., First Battery 299

Shannon, John, Third 63

Shaw, Alonzo M. . Fourth 106

Shaw, ( reorge H. , Third 57

Shaw, Linus A., Third 61

Shepard, Louis J., Fifth 1H6

Sherman James L., Fourth 104

Sherman, Lieut Zaccheus, Fourth 119

Smith, Samuel H. , Eighth 256

Smith. Dr. T. Delap, First R.I.M 325

Soule, Louis, Fourth 121

Souther, Francis L. , Fourth lol

Spear, Lieut. Edward A., Fourth 105

Spofford, Edwin F. , Sixth 222

Sprag-ue, Capt. A.B.R., Third Batt 282-306

Sprague Peter N. Fourth 106

Sprouls, Alexander W. , Sixth 223

Staudish Winslow B., First Battery. ... ,67

Steingardt, Joseph A., Fourth 120

Stephenson, Luther, Fourth 114

Stevens, George O. , Eighth 273

Stevens, James T. , Fourth 102

Stetson , Andrew J. , Fourth 116

Stillings, Samuel V 316

Stirling William S., Eighth 268

Storey, William F., Fourth 117

Stowe, Martin A. , First Battery 300

Sumner, John A. , Fifth 181

Sumner, Lieut. Wm. F. , Fifth 184

Swain, James M., Third 46

Sweet, William H., Fourth 121

Taylor, Thomas, F'ourth ." 118

Tavlor, William H., Third 66

Thomas, Harrison ( ). , Third 34

Thomas, Robert B., Third Batt 284

Tidd, John E. , Fifth 180

Tillson, Mercer V., Foiirth 316

Towle, John A. Third 60

Tripp, Willard D., Fourth 332

Tuck, Samuel W. , Fifth 182

Tucker, James, Third Batt 285

Tuttle, Thadeus P., .Sixth 228

Tyler, Philip H.' First Battery 302

Tyler, William N. , Fifth 176

Vaughn, Alvin P. , Third 61

N'inal, E/ra Jr., Fourth 120

Vose, John , Tliird 63

Walker, Albert S., P"irst Battery ..298-304

Walker, Col. Henry, F'ourth 102

Wallburg, Valentine, Fifth 171

Wardrop, Col. David W., Third. . . .59-324

Wardwell, Capt. David K., Fifth 162

Warren, Henry M., First Battery 302

Warren, William (L, Sixth 224

Washburn, Cephas, Jr. , Third 60

Washburn, Capt. Geo. A., Fourth. .90-313

Washburn, Jerome, Fourth 97

Washburn, Oscar E., Third 50

Wass, Ansel D. , Sixth 219

Watson, Lieut. Col. Benj. F., Sixth... 323

Watters, James, First Battery 305

W'ebber, Mendell S. , Fifth 183

Wetherell, James H., Fourth 117

Witherell, OtisS., Fourth 118

Wheeler, Carleton A., Tliird . . . .r 61

Wheeler, Edward S., Fifth 169

Wheeler, Stephen W., Sixth 226

Wheelock, George W. , Third 51

Whitcomb, Geo. F., Fifth 184

White, Lieut. Col. C. A., Third 38

White, Gecrge B. , Fourth ICtS

Whiting, George S., Twenty-ninth 62

Whiton, Lyman B., Fourth 112

Whittle, Charles P., Fifth 167

Wiley, Lieut. Geo. H., Fifth 179

Wiley, Joseph E. , Fifth 185

Willey, Isaac Otis, Third 53

Williams, George D. , Third 56

Williams, William H. , Eighth 269

Willis, Rufus H. , Fourth 95

Winship, Henry A., First Battery .297-304

Wright, Capt. Samuel C, Third 53

Wyer, Ediwn F. , Fifth 185

"Yankee Doodle" 140

Young, Joseph , 180

MINUTE ^lEN OF '61

Members of the ^lassachusetts A'olunteer jMilitia of the
Third, Fourth, Fiftli, Sixth, and vSeventh Regiments, Third
Battalion, and First Battery of Light Artillery, and those
General and Staff Officers selected by the Governor, who
responded to President Lincoln's first call for troops on the
fifteenth dav of April, 1861, and who were mustered in and
Served honorabl}- . Also those men Avho were left over when the term
of service of the three months' men expired and temporarily
attached to the Third and Fourth Regiments, and were afterward
incorporated into the Twenty-Ninth Regiment.

GENERAL AND STAFF OFFICERS

Brigadier General. Bexjamix F. ButleR, L,owell.

I^rioade Major, V\IlLhi.\^i H. ClEMENCE, Lowell.

Engineer, Peter Haggertv, Lowell.
Brigadier General, Ebexezer W. Peirce, Freetown.

Engineer, William C. Loverixo, Taunton.

Aid, Silas P. Richmond, Freetown.

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